I didn't work at ZLA however I did live in Palmdale while working for a different FAA facility. I loved it, my husband hated it. It's always windy almost every day. For 3 months its super hot and for 3 months it's super cold under 40. It can snow but happens once every few years.
It has one of the highest per capita sexual offenders. The Megan's law website will be your friend in choosing housing. I lived near the golf course off of Rancho Vista and never had a problem with crime and the schools are great. Anything west of the freeway is generally okay.
Everything is super cheap compared to other parts of California. You are about an hour away from everything in LA. It would take me 45 mins to get to the LA zoo on non traffic days. 1 hour to Malibu, 35 mins to Pasadena.
I use to call the locals of the high desert, dirty desert people. I don't know if it's the UV rays or what but everyone who was local had this weird splotchy tan that made them look dirty. Everyone was super nice, just had weird tans.
Everytime I went to the facility everyone was super happy to be there. It seemed like the moral was high.
The building itself is really nice, its the nicest center I have been in. They have 24hr day care and a cafeteria. If you have a family its a really nice place to work and live large while banking tons of money.
If you are single it's still a great place, live in Santa Clarita and commute about 30 mins while being on the fringe of the city.
Palmdale has a train that goes into LA. So getting to Burbank airport is easy if you like to travel.
It's an easy level 12 with high locality, I would work there.