Advice...moving to Yuma, Arizona

[jaada]

i could pick this thread apart but i am not going to waste my time. but i do have to add there are no new schools being built, in fact they are thinking of closing the new high school they just built. no need to worry about scorpions? are you serious? oh well , i suppose if your happy here i am happy for you.

[curly5759]

Just had to respond to the comment by Jaada about the high school closing.
NO! As an employee of the oldest High School here with a daughter teaching at the newest one, there is no talk of closing one of our schools.
Cutbacks in staff, yes. Closing-- No.

Yuma is great. I've lived here almost 40 years.
If you can't take the summer, you don't deserve the winter!!

Curly

[homeagain!]

There's a place for everyone. Some people love living in large cities, others prefer small towns. I can only speak for myself and the experiences I had in Yuma the 4.5 years I lived in The Foothills area.

I just got sick of the heat. If you have children or are retired, I think it's not that bad making friends. I was married, early 50's, no kids. Just couldn't find my niche. I personally found a pattern to how my neighbors behaved "neighborly." They would introduce themselves, we would have a pleasant conversation lasting no more than 10 minutes, then I'd never see them again. I didn't get into political discussions or anything I would consider inflammatory. I didn't find people to be particularly friendly.

When I moved on September 26, it was still in the low 100s. I'd had enough of the heat. I packed up and moved over 2,700 to go back to the East Coast. I tried for two years to get a job in Yuma, and I came up with squat. Everbody kept telling me you have to "know somebody." So who is considered "somebody" in a rather small, isolated desert town? I never found out, but not being born and raised there, may have been an issue. I never got a straightforward answer.

BTW, I have a college degree, and good qualifications. However, I am not bilingual. Perhaps that posed a problem.

[jaada]

Originally Posted by curly5759

Just had to respond to the comment by Jaada about the high school closing.
NO! As an employee of the oldest High School here with a daughter teaching at the newest one, there is no talk of closing one of our schools.
Cutbacks in staff, yes. Closing-- No.

Yuma is great. I've lived here almost 40 years.
If you can't take the summer, you don't deserve the winter!!

Curly

oh that is a good thing i heard that from the college they were saying that a little while ago. but i also heard the walmart on pacific is closing and so is jbs but i dont think that is true either cause i know people that work at jbs and they said it is doing ok

[jaada]

Originally Posted by homeagain!

There's a place for everyone. Some people love living in large cities, others prefer small towns. I can only speak for myself and the experiences I had in Yuma the 4.5 years I lived in The Foothills area.

I just got sick of the heat. If you have children or are retired, I think it's not that bad making friends. I was married, early 50's, no kids. Just couldn't find my niche. I personally found a pattern to how my neighbors behaved "neighborly." They would introduce themselves, we would have a pleasant conversation lasting no more than 10 minutes, then I'd never see them again. I didn't get into political discussions or anything I would consider inflammatory. I didn't find people to be particularly friendly.

When I moved on September 26, it was still in the low 100s. I'd had enough of the heat. I packed up and moved over 2,700 to go back to the East Coast. I tried for two years to get a job in Yuma, and I came up with squat. Everbody kept telling me you have to "know somebody." So who is considered "somebody" in a rather small, isolated desert town? I never found out, but not being born and raised there, may have been an issue. I never got a straightforward answer.

BTW, I have a college degree, and good qualifications. However, I am not bilingual. Perhaps that posed a problem.

yeah that was a problem. i so know what you mean. i am happy you got to get out of here. i am soooooooo sick of this heat! its october and still 100 degrees. i miss fall