Palm Springs from Las Vegas (Los Angeles, Coachella: employment, income, living in)

[LongLeggedOne]

Hi, I am homeless in a vehicle right now. I just want to know if I can park in Palm Springs and be able to enjoy some of the city. I know it is expensive as hell, but decent amenities, overall good population and trans friendly which is important to me. I feel I at least need to check it out. What are some concerns that some people who live there or around there who know well about it have for someone like me?
I see myself getting into better conversations with people there than in Las Vegas at the very least, but also same if I was to go to Los Angeles as well. And the trans friendliness, less uptight to what bathrooms I want to use is huge with me. If that be the case, I may just hold out, stay in a place like PS until I meet someone with maybe some equity and who knows. next thing I know, I could have a place to live. I picture a miracle like that actually to happen in a place like Palm Springs. Sinatra lived there I know. What are your thoughts?

[user9430961]

Originally Posted by LongLeggedOne

Hi, I am homeless in a vehicle right now. I just want to know if I can park in Palm Springs and be able to enjoy some of the city. I know it is expensive as hell, but decent amenities, overall good population and trans friendly which is important to me. I feel I at least need to check it out. What are some concerns that some people who live there or around there who know well about it have for someone like me?
I see myself getting into better conversations with people there than in Las Vegas at the very least, but also same if I was to go to Los Angeles as well. And the trans friendliness, less uptight to what bathrooms I want to use is huge with me. If that be the case, I may just hold out, stay in a place like PS until I meet someone with maybe some equity and who knows. next thing I know, I could have a place to live. I picture a miracle like that actually to happen in a place like Palm Springs. Sinatra lived there I know. What are your thoughts?

Hello, LongLeggedOne. I just read your post and I must say that I am very sorry about you being un-housed at the moment. I used to live in Los Angeles, but recently moved to Coachella Valley, and live near Palm Springs.

If your vehicle is currently your home, I am not sure why you would want to come to Palm Springs this time of year. It is very, very, very, very, very hot here, where everyday is over 100 degrees. Now with that being said, I do understand that often un-housed people can not park just anywhere (i.e. the city or streets of their choice). If you come to California, it would be great if you go to a beach city to live (where it is much cooler). Yet I do occasionally see un-housed people on the streets of Coachella Valley, but I just do not know how they survive outdoors in all of this super hot horrendous heat (that is here most of the year), and also later survive with the super low and cold temperatures of the winter/early spring here.

I know that they have services for un-housed here in Coachella Valley. Yet I would say if you come to Palm Springs right now (while it is summer), if your hygiene and clothes are clean and tidy, you might be able to hangout in one of the indoor malls here, where you can be in the air conditioned climate most of the day (i.e. when the mall open and closes), and probably nobody would bother you. Though it is cooler here at night, but I don’t think it has got below 84 degrees overnight here since this past April or May.

Yet I do remember when I used to live in Los Angeles, there was a Target parking lot where I would see un-housed people living (from time-to-time), but those people kept their cars washed, kept their license tags up to date, moved their car around in the parking lot at least 1 to 3 times daily . . . which gave a casual illusion that they were just taking a long rest break. However these un-housed people did not have a lot of personal belongings in their vehicle (to avoid drawing attention to them and their car), so they were able to easily keep a very low profile and live in the parking lot from 3 to 12 months. At that time, I worked at Target, and often the un-housed people living in the parking lot would come in and use the Target bathrooms to clean/wash up (as soon as the store opened and throughout the day), so they could stay and keep well groomed, where they did not look like they were un-housed . . . so I think that went a long way for them, where people left them alone.

I wish you the best of luck. I only wish I could offer you much more useful and good information. Please be careful out there and please try to stay safe and take good care of yourself. Above everything else, please try to stay cool.

[CCS414]

In general, there's a lot of bad in Las Vegas. Almost any other place will offer more positivity, a greater chance for gaining employment and turning your life around IMO.

[forzalugano]

There is a place called Slab City south of Palm Springs about an hour or so, the area is very welcoming of those living in autos etc, it is a whole community now.

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by forzalugano

There is a place called Slab City south of Palm Springs about an hour or so, the area is very welcoming of those living in autos etc, it is a whole community now.

The folks in Slab City don't want to be found...

[sacreole]

Originally Posted by forzalugano

There is a place called Slab City south of Palm Springs about an hour or so, the area is very welcoming of those living in autos etc, it is a whole community now.

Situational awareness is key when it comes to living in Slab City. I believe the City of Palm Springs recently launched a Universal Monthly Income (UBI) program for residents of the OP’s persuasion.

https://thehill.com/homenews/3261434...der-residents/