. Rather than grinding out Friday night traffic from San Francisco to Truckee, newly arrived tech workers now boast about skiing and mountain biking all week and then reverse commuting to the city for a fancy weekend dinner.
The same mix of urban fatigue, lower costs and the draw of more space — both indoor and out — led Catherine Joubert and her partner to leave their cramped apartment in Hollywood and buy a home in La Quinta, a Coachella Valley resort community near Palm Springs, last summer.The couple already knew the area because they’re devotees of the Coachella music festival. Last spring, Joubert lost all her work as personal stylist and her partner’s media production company began working remotely.
But nothing could have prepared them for the sudden influx in residents, said Anna Klovstad, Truckee’s mayor.The city’s location also presents particular problems when workers have to live out of town. One private school, for instance, has to shut down when snowfalls close Interstate 80 because its teachers are unable to commute into Truckee from Reno, 30 miles east.Hostility to the influx in residents over the last year has sometimes boiled over.
Elizabeth Stinson, sitting with one of her clients’ dogs, Roo, is a longtime renter in the Tahoe area. Stinson works several jobs while studying to become a teacher. She says rents continue to go up in the area and that she hopes she’ll be able to stay.Elizabeth Stinson is now facing that reality. She moved to the Tahoe area in 2009, working four jobs in hospitality before becoming a restaurant manager.
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dillonliam Carolyn_Cole Thing is: working from home is not new. Since the dawn of the internet freelancers, telecommuters, remote workers have been doing what they do electronically. Nevertheless, it took a global pandemic to re-invent where and how some folks work.
The average asking price of a home in Palm Springs is now $1 million, a 30% one-year increase. Homes in some Truckee neighborhoods have spiked 146% and are selling 63% faster than last year.