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Old 08-09-2017, 11:46 PM
 
Location: Tennessee at last!
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No, no one lives in any of those areas. They only exist. Its pretty much impossible to live in one of those dumps. That is why they are ghost towns with few people left.

County Sheriff will come if needed. Helicopter will come, eventually, to transport one to the hospital, if they are not DOA when the police arrive.

About the only thing you will be able to do locally is avoid Mojave greens and other poisonous snakes and get a tan. Everything else takes driving to a real town.

I spent 8 years of my life existing in two different desert environments in a small town and a rural area, nearest neighboring house 1/2 mile away...and it was vacant houses in 3 directions and crop land in the other. Now the rural area is all wind mills. Nearest real neighbor was a mile away.

Never lived, only existed.

What did I look forward to each day? Getting home and taking the broom to the line of sidewinders on the hugh front porch. It was my time to chill on the porch and watch the sun set Snakes turn was up. But they were waiting the next day...all lined up waiting for the broom to knock them off the cement and onto the sand. Hated those snakes!
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Old 08-11-2017, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Jurupa Valley, CA, USA 92509
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No, no one lives in any of those areas. They only exist. Its pretty much impossible to live in one of those dumps. That is why they are ghost towns with few people left.

County Sheriff will come if needed. Helicopter will come, eventually, to transport one to the hospital, if they are not DOA when the police arrive.

About the only thing you will be able to do locally is avoid Mojave greens and other poisonous snakes and get a tan. Everything else takes driving to a real town.

I spent 8 years of my life existing in two different desert environments in a small town and a rural area, nearest neighboring house 1/2 mile away...and it was vacant houses in 3 directions and crop land in the other. Now the rural area is all wind mills. Nearest real neighbor was a mile away.

Never lived, only existed.

What did I look forward to each day? Getting home and taking the broom to the line of sidewinders on the hugh front porch. It was my time to chill on the porch and watch the sun set Snakes turn was up. But they were waiting the next day...all lined up waiting for the broom to knock them off the cement and onto the sand. Hated those snakes!
Curious, what desert rural area and small town did you reside, or in your case, exist in? Since you mentioned something about windmills, my guess is maybe Whitewater, CA? Ocotillo, CA?
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Old 08-11-2017, 08:52 PM
 
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Brandon.. rattlesnakes, sidewinders (venomous, no,"rattlers"), tarantulas, scorpions, are all over the desert. Same with black widow spiders. I lived there most of my life...leave them alone, they will not bother you. Same with Gila Monsters in Arizona...just a shy, nonaggressive lizard.
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Old 08-12-2017, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Tennessee at last!
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Curious, what desert rural area and small town did you reside, or in your case, exist in? Since you mentioned something about windmills, my guess is maybe Whitewater, CA? Ocotillo, CA?
Rural area: Desert between El Centro CA and Ocotillo, CA, right off the west side main canal. The house was originally the watermaster's house for the canal, before the water distribution was automated. It had been added onto by the time I bought it. Now the house is leveled and a big tower sits on the one acre lot.

Small Town was Yuma, AZ, nice enough town, but still a hard place to live with the weather/heat/monsoons.
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Old 01-02-2018, 10:01 AM
 
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Default Small Town Life Revisited

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With all your posts, you should really do a career in urban planning and statistics
Or geography

You don't have to stroke his ego. It seems he has far more knowledge than he has let on.
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Old 01-02-2018, 10:07 AM
 
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Default LOL Why San Bernardino County

I OWN land in San Bernardino County right outside of Vidal. There is NO police force. I don't like the idea that highway patrol won't come and that the only police dept is that of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. Amboy is NOTHINGNESS. Nipton is also a nether-region. You're naming places that only someone who travels through them or studies them would know. What's your angle? Cima is a terrible place to get stuck in. I'm speaking from experience. Ask ME personally what you might like to know about such places. I'm shocked you didn't mention Calzona or Yucca Valley...Or Landers. F.Y.I., geographically, Vidal is located in the Colorado Desert...a subregion of the Sonoran... The Mojave Desert has different geographical designations. Vidal is considered Riverside County...I know this from my experience with my land just on the other side of the county line. The US 95 is the best through-route to get in-and-out, but honestly, Vidal's households can be counted on one hand. San Bernardino County has such strict regulations on building, etc, that I personally, don't think it is suitable to live. Life in that area is not easily doable because San Bernardino County did away with water-hauling and the only water around for use is aquifer water. For some reason, the Colorado River isn't used.
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Old 01-02-2018, 10:09 AM
 
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Rural area: Desert between El Centro CA and Ocotillo, CA, right off the west side main canal. The house was originally the watermaster's house for the canal, before the water distribution was automated. It had been added onto by the time I bought it. Now the house is leveled and a big tower sits on the one acre lot.

Small Town was Yuma, AZ, nice enough town, but still a hard place to live with the weather/heat/monsoons.

Yuma has my FAVOUUUURITE mexican restaurant EVEr !
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Old 01-07-2018, 09:47 PM
 
Location: Tennessee at last!
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Yuma has my FAVOUUUURITE mexican restaurant EVEr !
Yuma did know ho to do Mexican food. That they were good at!
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Old 01-08-2018, 07:27 AM
 
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Yuma did know ho to do Mexican food. That they were good at!
I'm totally pleased that you agree with me and Yuma on Mexican food. The low desert tells such sweet tales.
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Old 01-09-2018, 01:56 PM
 
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Possibly, some time in the future.
Hmm. Do off-grid somewhere like the outer Blythe area which would place you in either RIVERSIDE or IMPERIAL county depending on which direction you choose to go...no earthquakes and the sunsets along the Colorado River are unparalleled. 29 Palms might be doable, but bleh. Go to the fringes of SoCAL.

The area rests on the Algodones Fault, which sees remarkably NO perceptible activity. And being between I-10 and I-8 might be convenient ! Keep us posted
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