O Canada, Please Colonize the Coachella Valley
Snowbirds Have Saved SoCal's Desert Economy. Why Not Just Deed Them the Land?
Let’s give the Coachella Valley to Canada.
After all, Canadians already run the place in winter.
Over the past 40 years, snowbirds from the True North have grown into a winter fixture in greater Palm Springs. They get a lot more than an escape from cold winter weather. The California desert is a much shorter flight than Maui, and it offers an array of arts and culture—from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, to the design-focused Modernism Week, to the famous Coachella music festivals in Indio—that Phoenix can’t hope to match.
Over time, …
