The desert may have unlimited power with the sun, but they don't have easy access to water.
Moreso, the opportunities exist in the coasts as that's where the inertia of import/export of both goods and humans are.
Moreso, the opportunities exist in the coasts as that's where the inertia of import/export of both goods and humans are.
And if people would hope for that then they would be willing to improve existing small towns too.
I don't like this trend that we all move to major cities and compete for scraps of lands and housing.