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Author Topic: Palm Springs, CA area Kyle Caudill Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Wichita Falls, TX Registered: May 2002 posted 02-19-2003 10:24 AM                     Anybody out there in Film-Tech land in the Palm Springs CA area. I am transfering out there to a new theatre and would like to know where is a good place to live among other things. Any help would be appreciated.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-19-2003 12:13 PM                     Before you make the transfer, I would suggest you look at the cost of living index in that area. It is, so I have been told, extremely expensive. California is a nice state to visit, but I certainly would no want to live there. The state of Washington picked California transplants because of high prices. Once I heard that car garages were rented out as dwellings, for about 600 bucks a month.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-19-2003 12:52 PM                        It's a beautiful desert community, as desert communities go. Never lived there, but I'll bet the cost of housing is very high. Bring lots of sunscreen and hope to hell your car has air conditioning.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-19-2003 01:01 PM                     Just like what Paul said California is expensive. I was paying $975 for a two bedroom apartment in Santa Monica near the beach. I would drive around 45 mins. to get to the studio in Hollywood. When I got transfered to New York, I had to look for a place. Friends said to look in Brooklyn, Queens or Jersey. I found a very apartment in the city. Now I pay $1775 for a one bedroom in midtown Manhattan in the Theatre District. Palm Springs is a expensive area too. Other cities around the area are Desert Hot Springs (just north of Palm Springs), Cathedral City (just south of Palm Springs), Banning (just west of Palm Springs on I-10), Moreno Valley (west of Palm Springs). Good Luck in Cali  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-19-2003 01:10 PM                    What he is probably looking for is information for the cathedral city area since that is where he will be going.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-19-2003 01:23 PM                     quote: I was paying $975 for a two bedroom apartment in Santa Monica near the beach. Recently, though? Today that would be a steal!  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-19-2003 02:01 PM                     Paul, That was two years ago. One apartment I saw on the upper West Side with one bed room, was going for $2300. The apartment I have here in midtown is 1 1/2 blocks from work.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 02-19-2003 08:42 PM                     Kyle: If you can take the drive try Banning or Beaumont about 30 to 45 minutes west of Palm Springs. They are in the mountain pass and a lot prettier place to live. Probably cheaper too. Bob The Old Showman  |  IP: Logged Kyle Caudill Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Wichita Falls, TX Registered: May 2002 posted 02-19-2003 10:44 PM                     I did the cost of living index and found what I would be payed is what I would need for the increase and a raise. I followed a few of the index, one on msn, one on some gov sight, and a few others. I did some homework before I accepted the offer, but my wife will make more than me out there. I am not the only $$$ maker.  |  IP: Logged Timothy Ervin Film Handler Posts: 84 From: Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2001 posted 06-30-2003 03:46 PM                     Kyle, What company are you working for in Palm Springs? I wish I had done soem research on the cost of living before I came to Santa Barbara.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-30-2003 04:30 PM                     Timothy So how is it working for Metropolitan Theatres?? Santa Barbara is a nice place to live.  |  IP: Logged Gordon Bachlund Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 696 From: Monrovia, CA, USA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 06-30-2003 06:54 PM                        Also consider the Indio/Coachella area for more modestly priced housing but still freeway close to metropolitan Palm Springs. Good luck!  |  IP: Logged Timothy Ervin Film Handler Posts: 84 From: Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2001 posted 07-02-2003 04:41 PM                     Bill, Your right, Santa Barbara is a nice place. Working for Metropolitan Theatres is somewhat dissapointing. I find them to be too micro-managed and alot of things I have learned in previous theatre jobs such as promotions, marketing and human resources are no use to me here. Plus I hate the location Im at.  |  IP: Logged Kyle Caudill Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Wichita Falls, TX Registered: May 2002 posted 07-03-2003 01:05 AM                     Cinemark, is in Cathedral City....beside Palm Springs  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 07-03-2003 01:44 AM                        One of our managers is from Palm Springs. He says there is nothing there but desert and golf courses. He also said that there are huge scorpions and spiders and drew pictures of them to freak me out (I am a bit arachnophobic). He was also bitten by a spider and suffered from heavy fever afterwards.  |  IP: Logged

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