I'm glad I found this thread - I am moving Temporarily (?) to Palm Springs in February - from NYC. My friends have a second home (condo) there they are not using that much, and they don't want to rent to strangers. It is in between my parents and LA and San Diego, where we have friends.
We are in our 40s. We have probably more straight friends than gay. We don't do and have no interest in drugs, so we're not worried about falling in with a bad crowd.
We are planning to bump up to a cooler-climate area for summer (the mountains or the beach) so we are not worried about that. We think the fresh air(yeah, I know that is questionable - but when you live in NYC almost anything is warmer and fresher, except maybe San Francisco) and trails will be good for us to get outside, safely, and get exercise.
My big question, for the PS dwellers, is -
- what is there to do now, during coving - and after - what should we we (post-vaccines) where we can meet nice, fun, bitchy but not crazy, people, gay or straight, who don't do drugs or want to engage in orgies, etc? FWIW, we are not religious and have no interest in "joining" any kind of church - even if it means meeting people? No disrespect to anyone that is religious. We just each have our own reasons for not wanting to be involved in religion.
We have lived in SoCal and really liked it, made a lot of friends through work and other friends. We lived in TX and had a mixed experience, but actually found some great friends (mostly not originally from TX lol) and found NYC to be a mixed bag. We have a lot of acquaintances in NYC but, even after 10 years, not a lot of what I would say are close friends. There may be a myriad of reasons for that, including our age and the area we live in. By comparison, i used to visit my bestie in NYC in the 90s and 2000s. He lived in LES and then Chelsea and knew a ton of people. However, this was at a time before the internet and when there were small hangout places like Big Cup. He left NYC 8 years ago, funny enough, citing how much it had changed, and become 'unfriendly and corporate'.
We have no idea what to expect from PS. And we have no idea how long we will be there - a year - two? forever? a second home and a home base elsewhere. 2020 has changed so many rules we don't even know if it is worth planning more than 6 months out.
Appreciate any (real) suggestions from locals -
Thanks and XO
