As someone who grew up outside the Salton Sea (La Quinta), this is always interesting. Every time the real estate speculation market picks up out in the Coachella Valley, you'll hear people making noises about buying up land out there.

Also - it wasn't mentioned in the article, but is pretty important to anyone around there: it smells like rotten eggs. Really strongly. Some mornings in the Coachella Valley the wind will blow in from that direction and the whole place will stink until midday