Boyfriend set on moving to Grand Junction...

[rebels71]

I am thinking of moving to grand junction myself, I lived in Houston and unlike the first post that started this thread I was glad to leave feb of 2007 and as of right now I live in Midland Tx since I graduated from school. I work in the healthcare field as a surgical tech and have seen the posting from the hospital in Grand Junction about their pay rates which are about 10 to 15 k above what I make now living in midland, right about 30k, so it would be a pretty good increase in pay, my question is I have seen the market there and it is actually much like Midland, in that we are very much an oil economy right now and that has destroyed the housing market, everything is very over priced right now, I am talking about an 1200 to 1400 sq ft house built in the early 1950's to 1960's that sell for around 180k, is the market like that also in Grand Junction? but even that is not a stopping point for me as I would be making a third to fifty percent more in pay, I am just looking to get out of Midland as there is not a bloody thing to do here, at least ya'll have fishing, hiking, horseback riding and other activities. Any replies would be appreciated.Eric.

[CosmicWizard]

Eric

The best way to get a sense for real estate prices and availability in the Grand Junction area is to visit realtor.com, enter your parameters and see what come up.

[esya]

I was just on a trip from Meeker to Grand Junction to Delta, and in Meeker they told me that they are building temp housing for workers, since some of the big companies are actually brining people in for 3 weeks to work, then sending them back to whereever they came from for a week, these were US workers also. So maybe he could get work and you could stay put.

[esya]

One thing I have been wondering is whether or not the local produce market has recovered any since there has been an upswing in the market for locally grown and/or organic produce?

[outtathere]

Hi, just had to agree with your opinion of GJ. I struggled thru six miserable years there and never regretted leaving. I sold my home last august for much more than it was worth, now the flipper who purchased it has had it on the market entering their 4th month. I was so miserable in every way in that shriveled up one horse town, I relocated to a wonderful place called Tyler Texas! Originally I found a great 50's rancher in a great neighborhood for $126k, my new neighbor is a broker and she found my dream home in a quaint rual area 8 miles away called Whitehouse. I now live in a 4plus bonus sunroom, newer home on a beautiful country road with a real SWIMMING POOL in my huge backyard for $180k and I am so grateful! IMO, Grand Junction was a nice place to live up until 1980 but now i would only visit the beautiful areas that surround it. I personally feel Grand Junk is governed by idiots and operates like a communist regime.

[ready2move?]

You won't believe this...Tyler, TX was my first stop in Texas! That's where I moved to from upstate NY. What a small world!!! Tyler's a nice town. Enjoy it As for me, the move to CO is no longer a consideration. He's there, I'm here. And it's for the best. Thanks all!