Erie, CO

[jaydoubleyou]

Nelly,

I live in Erie and absoultely love it. It is a short jaunt into Boulder or Denver and the views of the mountains are amazing. The dump really doesn't cause any issues for me. Although I don't live right next to it, I have friends who basically back to it (Vista Ridge neighborhood) and they don't even notice.

The only smells I get are the north winds that blow down from Greely (meat packing plants, methane, etc..), but that is only every once in a while, and even in Boulder you get that stench (plus in Boulder you get the stench of the liberal elitist snobs driving their big SUV's complaining about global warming- sorry for the rant).

There is a lot of commercial construction going on near Old Town Erie, we're due for a big grocery store (whichis much needed) and other buildings are going up. We just got a brand new community center (fully equipped gym with discounted membership for residents) and library.

In all honesty, if you are looking for a good family town that is on the verge of something great, Erie is the place.

[CO_Newbie]

We just looked at some DR Horton spec homes and they were beautiful and price wasn't bad. The one we really like is up against the hill of the landfill, which doesn't bother me too much. I am concerned about the settling issues spoken of in this blog. DR Horton sales guy was very knowledgable and said that every lot has a soil sample core taken and analyzed and then they decide if the house they put on it can have a slab-on-grade basement or if it needs to have structural pilings and then a wood floor in the basement. These core sample analysis results are given to the buyer for review. Seems like they are doing it right, anybody have any first-hand experience here, or some insight to share further?

Nickman, which builder were you referring to here?
"We had asked the guy at the sales office what exactly the problem was and he said "all issues will be addressed and fixed once a contract is signed", or something along those lines. We left immediately."