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In other words, you can cover about six different climate zones from the sea to mountains rising to 11,000 feet. You can also get to the San Diego or Orange County coastlines in about the same. Relative to day trips, you can get to Anza Borrego, Julian, Joshua Tree National Park, the San Jacinto Wilderness, Santa Rosa national Monument, Big Bear and Arrowhead Lakes etc etc in two hours or under. The Palm Springs area feels a lot more quaint and "village-like" than Scottsdale to me. Scottsdale, on the other hand, is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area, a sprawling expanse of urbanization well over a million in population.

This is in a geographic region spanning over 50 miles long by 20 miles wide. Riverside County area) is around 280,000.

The population of the entire valley (9 cities and the unincorp. To say there is a "metro area" in the Coachella Valley ("Palm Springs") is misleading.