Big Buzz Over BOOM: Building a Gay-Friendly Community from Scratch

Quickly making the rounds at the end of last week and over the weekend is the public launch of BOOM, a proposed development near Palm Springs that will feature residences spread across several unique neighborhoods, an open air market, countless amenities, and a “boutique hotel,” all intended to cater to gay clientele. As Architizer reports, what had originally began as planning for a totally new township for retirees, plopped down into the middle of the California desert, has branched out into “an encompassing residence for all ages with a mission of ‘inclusion, not seclusion; about living, not retiring.'”

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