Disappointed living in Yuma (for sale, maintenance, rental)

[SarahGabrielle]

Do they come from the North east or is it primarily the Northwest?

[zonababe]

Jaada be grateful for snowbirds for they power your economy. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. All of the complaining you do on this forum about Yuma hasn't solved anything.

[DREAMINGAWAY]

I Grew Up In Yuma, I Really Enjoyed Growing Up There Would I Live There By Choice? No! There Are No Jobs, Absolutely No Jobs. I Was At My Job For Two Years With No Signs Of Advancement I Moved To A Different Az City And Now Make $6 More Per Hour At A Much Easier Job, Yuma Is A Great Place To Raise A Family But Not If You Want To Advance In Your Career Or In Your Life. Period. I Go Back And Visit, My Parents Live There, And Everytime I Am There I Cannot Wait To Leave, I Enjoy Spending Time With Friends But That Is About It. I Will Only Move Back When It Comes Time To Take Care Of My Parents.

[redwingfan1]

MAB-
I am new to this forum, but I have to say, that after reading these posts, you are giving me hope regarding Yuma. Everyone else seems very negative. My husband is possibly accepting a job down there, so we of course will be moving. I am nervous about moving 2200 miles away, and when I read all of the bashing going on regarding Yuma, I honestly felt my stomach drop!lol. Anyway, thanks for helping to even the field, so to say.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by redwingfan1

MAB-
I am new to this forum, but I have to say, that after reading these posts, you are giving me hope regarding Yuma. Everyone else seems very negative. My husband is possibly accepting a job down there, so we of course will be moving. I am nervous about moving 2200 miles away, and when I read all of the bashing going on regarding Yuma, I honestly felt my stomach drop!lol. Anyway, thanks for helping to even the field, so to say.

I have a good friend who retired to Yuma a few years back and loves the place and the lifestyle. I know another who opened a business there and feels the same way. I've been to visit a few times and it seems like a nice enough city. Personally I wouldn't choose to retire there as it is not all that different from Phoenix from a retiree point of view, but it's a decent place to live and I would consider the source and take the bashers with a very large grain of salt.

[binkylafarle]

Originally Posted by redwingfan1

MAB-
I am new to this forum, but I have to say, that after reading these posts, you are giving me hope regarding Yuma. Everyone else seems very negative. My husband is possibly accepting a job down there, so we of course will be moving. I am nervous about moving 2200 miles away, and when I read all of the bashing going on regarding Yuma, I honestly felt my stomach drop!lol. Anyway, thanks for helping to even the field, so to say.

Just curious, what might be giving you "hope regarding Yuma" after reading MAB's posts and how does it "even the field" for you? In what type of place are you interested in living and what idea do you feel you have about Yuma at this point?

[jaada]

Originally Posted by MAB

LMAO,
northern nevada?Ely or what town?
Jadaa has anyone ever told you that lying makes your nose grow?
Most of those things you said about Yuma are exageration.
@ hour wait to go to a restaurant?WHERE.
Mostly mobil homes?
Do you see any mobil homes in the college park/ tamarack area?
what about mesa del sol?or the terraces?the bluffs?villa chaparral?rancho sereno?etc?
sure there areas with mobil homes,but tell me,where do you live?by yuma high or what?there is better places you know?
I came from san diego 2 years ago,and I know one thing.Im never moving back.

i moved from northern nevada in the mountains i am sure you have never been there. not ely, the tahoe area, and for resturants chilis, olive garden, famous daves wanna go on? and mobil homes in college park the terraces the bluffs these are only a few places where there isnt trailors and mesa del sol is a dump. i live in the foothills, and everywhere out here is a mobil home i have never seen so many in my life! yes much better places to live northern nevada is one, northern california another, oregon, believe me as soon as school is out so am i and my family. nothing i have said is exageration. wanna talk weather? i exagerated on that too? snowbirds i exagerated on that too?? come on now, you must be a snow bird.

[jaada]

Originally Posted by redwingfan1

MAB-
I am new to this forum, but I have to say, that after reading these posts, you are giving me hope regarding Yuma. Everyone else seems very negative. My husband is possibly accepting a job down there, so we of course will be moving. I am nervous about moving 2200 miles away, and when I read all of the bashing going on regarding Yuma, I honestly felt my stomach drop!lol. Anyway, thanks for helping to even the field, so to say.

well all i can say to you is good luck you should have come here for a visit first. but i hope you do like it i really do. everyone i have ever come in contact with feel very much like i have and feel a huge culture shock. its not an easy place to get use to.

[jaada]

Originally Posted by zonababe

Jaada be grateful for snowbirds for they power your economy. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. All of the complaining you do on this forum about Yuma hasn't solved anything.

i am sorry but they do nothing for me, yuma still thrives without snowbirds believe it or not we are still a thriving community without you all. there is no solution to snowbirds they will continue to come and disrespect the foothills and trash it and let their dogs crap all over the dessert, congest our roads, run over people in the stores with shopping carts, and lots of cause accidents making our car insurance the highest in az. but my point here is as i have said before is i dont want someone else making the mistake i did by not knowing what is in store for them when they get here. people need to know the whole truth, without making it sound like this place is a paradise. there are some good points i agree but lots of bad points.

[Haidawarrior]

Originally Posted by zonababe

Jaada be grateful for snowbirds for they power your economy. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. All of the complaining you do on this forum about Yuma hasn't solved anything.

Please tell me how in the hell snowbirds power the economy in Yuma, this palce is powered by the hard working middle class and lower class in Yuma, not SNOWBIRDS. Also this town seems to CATER to all the snowbirds that come from various location in the US and Canada, they do not get tickets for any car accidents that they are involve in because the police automatically assume that it wasn't the snowbirds fault. They can barely see and this town still lets them DRIVE, come on now - of all the car accidents that occur on a daily basis here in "wonderful" Yuma, a snowbird is always involved. The only solution here is to move out of Yuma and never coming back. I come from Canada and this has to be the worst townthat I have lived in since I came here in 2000.