Growth and the future of Palm Springs

I discovered a great website today. It's CityLab, an urban planning thinktank at UCLA.

This article is interesting in that it says that the 21st century is the "second tier" city's century. Goodbye New York, Tokyo, Paris, San Francisco, hello Toulouse, Palm Springs?.... Reading the article, I couldn't help but categorize Palm Springs/Coachella Valley as a city/region of the 21st century. It's certainly an exciting time to live in Palm Springs. It's imperative, however, in my opinion, that we plan now for our future growth and influence on the national stage. It's a certainty that we're going to grow and develop and become a more powerful influence on the state and federal level. The responsibility is ours to ensure we do so in the best possible way for our citizens and our environment.