Palm Springs fortress denuded (0162)

One thing that has surprised me from exploring around Palm Springs is that the homes in the $1M and up neighborhoods almost always look like elegantly designed fortresses. The one on the left is actually more open-looking than many others, many in these areas have either no front windows of very small slits, and the yards definitely look like they are for 'show' only, never actually touched other than by the (non-white) landscapers. So it was a shock to come across a completely denuded fortress (on the right).