Stay away from north and northeast Palm Springs, anything north of Vista Chino Blvd. and east of the airport (Farrell) gets really really windy. So windy you won't be able to be outdoors without literally feeling like you're being sandblasted. My friend thought he picked up a good deal with a cute house near the World Gym, then he got hit so hard by gale force winds last summer that he moved to South Palm Springs, where it's completely calm (when it blows in the north). That is why there are wind turbines just north of town.