![]() A lot of people here are having a tough time with it and I am very sympathetic. “It feels like the zeitgeist of the desert,” said Tom Murtagh, a Realtor in Twentynine Palms. The high desert communities of Yucca Valley, Pioneertown and Joshua Tree about 130 miles east of Los Angeles have been inundated not only with new home buyers but also renters and city folk who come to work remotely at one of the many Airbnbs that have cropped up in recent years - sometimes to the chagrin of locals who could live without hearing the loud parties, or driving through the dust kicked up by Teslas plowing through dirt roads in a rush that those used to a slower pace of life have trouble understanding. ![]() It was just, like, so majestic,” Gaul, 35, said as he lifted a plastic cover to check for a tarantula that had recently been roaming the side of his home. “One day, we were in the pool and there was this huge owl, and it just like swept down and looked like a huge, silent airplane. The state’s growth rate is the lowest in well over a century, and the pandemic has given many residents a further excuse to leave California’s big cities, which are among the most expensive places to live in the country. ![]() This is part of an occasional series of stories about Californians on the move, both to other states and within the Golden State. ![]()
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