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r/Coachella•
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If you can, please consider keeping your trip intact and still visiting Indio!

The local economy relies HUGELY on tourism this time of year, ESPECIALLY from tennis & festivals. People are dreading the impact cancellations will have—people pay their mortgages with house rentals, and everyone in the hospitality/service industry counts on hours now more than ever because summer everyone basically loses their jobs. There is a lot of fun you can have in Indio and the surrounding desert, and locals would be more than welcoming to anyone who can still enjoy what the valley offers! Hope to see a lot of you still :)

Posted Mar 10, 2020, 10:36 PM UTC

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kjudd11•

If you can book Rage for a backyard BBQ, I’m in

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lengthinessOP13-19 ✊🥵 🌴•

I’ll blast Rage in my backyard and have chavelas waiting for you all

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Rubysuckss•

i wanna see a thread of stuff like this that people will actually host!

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brightnessshallan•

sameee because we are still going but dunno where the parties are

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jkeller11•

Yeah it’s gonna be a no for me dog

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lengthinessOP13-19 ✊🥵 🌴•

Sad but fair

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onceyougozack13-17, 19, 20 (W2 groupie)•

I'm sure there's plenty of nice people like you in Indio, but hot damn, these last few weeks have just been a never-ending waterfall of vitriol and shit from every angle from the general public about Coachella, and a lot of them claiming to be "from the valley." It breaks my heart to see so many people have such negative connotations of this festival and its goers, and to see people call us a bunch of herpes-infested, social-media influencing brats.

In other words, I'm not super inclined to go out of my way to support a community filled with people who spew hate at me and my friends.

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fettuccine-burritos are a way of life•

I'll consider making a summer trip before Coachella. Maybe.

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lengthinessOP13-19 ✊🥵 🌴•

To be fair summer is the worst time to visit because everyone is inside in the A/C trying to not die

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fettuccine-burritos are a way of life•

So cheaper AirBnbs? Haha

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lengthinessOP13-19 ✊🥵 🌴•

Whatever twerks

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beneblanco•

Interesting, most of the tweets I see are people reveling in the sorrow of would-be attendees, and that they "don't need wt people" in the area.

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lengthinessOP13-19 ✊🥵 🌴•

Older and salaried people were floating around a petition to cancel. The rest of us, who either love going, depend on the fests for work, or both (meee) are preparing to have our hearts ripped out

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cailenspeers•

I'm still making the trip down! Booked a hotel in palm springs, rented a car then booked a hotel in LA for a few days after.

Still planning on driving down to Indio to see what could have been (the empty field) but I'll be sure to contribute to the local economy while in town!

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