Information about Glendive......

[in_the_gloaming]

Originally Posted by tigergal

Why in the world would someone who hates heat as I do want to live in Arizona? I already live in a sauna and have experienced the dry heat of Montana in the summer and find it to be far more comfortable. Interesting about the flyfishing, is the Yellowstone River no longer suitable for fishing as it was a couple of years ago?

"Lots more stuff" isn't what we're looking for at all, really. I live near "lots of stuff" and can't wait to be away from it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I've lived in Arizona 1974-5 and from my experience in the Phoenix area and from other trips thru that state, I can tell you that Arizona has three distinctly different climates for three parts of the state. North of I-40 is predominantly indian country and it is high desert, which gets cold with more snow than Boston Mass. gets. The central part of the state below Flagstaff to around Phoenix has several mountain ranges and has a lot of variances due to elevation. It gets hot during the day, cold at night. Then the southern part of Arizona is even hotter, except for Tucson, which is cooler than Phoenix because of the difference in elevation. I've even seen it snow in Phoenix believe it or not! But, its a funny kind of snow that turns to rain about 50 feet above the ground!

I moved my brother from Yuma across southern Arizona a couple of years ago during late August with an old Chevy van that broke down at Casa Grande.., which is south of Phoenix. Casa Grande in Spanish means 'big house' or a word for penatentiary.

Personally, even though Arizona is very beautiful, I prefer it some where else, where it isn't quite so hot. 100 degrees is fine. But what about 130 degrees in the shade, if you can find it, when there is very little shade?

[Glendive_person]

I would not move to Glendive. It is a very clique town. If you weren't born here then you are trash and the members of this town will never accept you - period.

The schools are cutting back everything except for special education and administration. So programs are being cut to meet budget needs.

You can easily get your "daily" supplies and there are places to go if you need an "excape".

Housing is over inflated by people trying to capitolize on the oil. What sold for 55K four years ago is now selling for 125K. Once the oil cycle busts, and it will, your house will be worth nothing.

The city leaders have major tunnel vision and will not allow things to come to town. So the teenages leave and the only thing left is the aging population. The city will dry up someday unless someones off the tunnel vision glasses.

[glendivegirl]

Originally Posted by Glendive_person

I would not move to Glendive. It is a very clique town. If you weren't born here then you are trash and the members of this town will never accept you - period.

I moved to Glendive three years ago, and haven't ever seen a problem with Glendive being clique-ish. I've also been well accepted, and it didn't take long at all....

So the teenages leave and the only thing left is the aging population. The city will dry up someday unless someones off the tunnel vision glasses.

I'd have to disagree here, too. I'm in my early twenties, as is my husband. I know a lot of people (and no, not just the ones that hang out in the bars and do nothing with their lives) under 40 who have moved here and are here to stay!

Glendive is a great place to be, and I love it here. I've never seen anywhere quite like it - a genuinely caring community where people step in and help one another.

[MimzyMusic]

It's really flat, really cold, and really ugly. Might as well be North Dakota.

[mrkool]

Originally Posted by glendivegirl

. I know a lot of people (and no, not just the ones that hang out in the bars and do nothing with their lives) under 40 who have moved here and are here to stay!
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Strange that with all these new people moving in, the population of Glendive managed to decrease by 1.82% between 2000-2006. Before that, in the 90's, the population decreased by 2%. (census stats).

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

It's really flat, really cold, and really ugly. Might as well be North Dakota.

And in my eyes, North Dakota is beautiful. More so than Montana!! The Badlands, the Turtle Mountains, the International Peace Park, the wonderful museum in Bismarck, the long sweeps of grasslands and grainfields, the Red River Valley...

... and about there we encounter the eastern humidity and twin-engine mosquitoes, and I flee back westward