Palmdale

Palmdale is a Residential, commercial and recreational beachfront suburb in San Angeles. Palmdale was founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town.

Transportation
The Palmdale Freeway connects to State Route 1 in the east and Santa Lucia Boulevard and Ocean Boulevard in the west. Palmdale is served by the Gold Line but has no buses.

Tourism
Palmdale was since it’s been founded a tourist oriented district and in the 1920s the Sunflower Amusement Park was built and shortly after the Palmdale Pier was built. This made Palmdale the tourist hub of San Angeles. In the 60s Santa Lucia became a large tourist hub and businesses started to move from Palmdale to Santa Lucia. Recently the Sunflower Amusement Park has experienced growth and some businesses have moved back to Palmdale. Palmdale is currently a large tech hub and a large tourist area and Residential growth has not slowed since the early 90s.