Dayton - love it or leave it? (Las Vegas, Reno: sales, foreclosures)

[skycapture]

I've lived in Dayton (east of Carson City) for 2.5 years now. I grew up on a walnut ranch in San Jose, CA and have lived all over areas of CA that seemed nice, a bit rural, but then developers moved in and rapidly built crap. I hate newly built homes and a fast paced society.

I can't figure Dayton out yet. They want to incorporate - but perhaps it's just "talk". Lots of houses but few stores. A strange golf course that is struggling to sell homes - big ones. One bridge over the river. Seems like a bedroom community with big wage earners, but the county overall, has a lot of poor residents.

We like it here generally, but the wealthy, "I-want-it-all" California attitude is becoming more and more apparent. I know of "former CA" folk (here) that won't set foot in the local businesses (in Dayton, or Mound House) and do all their shopping in Carson and Reno. In fact, I'm surrounded by neighbors that don't live here full time - they leave during the winter to their other houses.

This is driving me mad. Who loves Dayton and would fight to stay here? I'm now considering looking for another rural community that isn't a "boomtown".

So, what's the story on Dayton, and what's the next best place?

[jacknevada]

Moved here from Las Vegas in November. Bought a place on the golf course. Price was lower than Vegas and wanted to move away from the summer heat. Golf course is wonderful -- very inexpensive compared to other semi-private courses. Membership is quite low, so the course is not crowded.

Make a point to shop in Dayton -- Smith's, etc. out Route 50. I'm personally glad that the growth has slowed down. I haven't met the movers and shakers yet, but incorporation seems to be related to zoning and land use issues. No complaints about living here from me so far. Compared to Vegas, this is heaven.

I don''t understand your complaint about the "boomtown" feeling of Dayton. Maybe a couple of years ago when things were rocking, but now it seems quite peaceful with no rush to expand. Growth in the 3-5% range would seem appropriate.

[skycapture]

Dayton used to be nothing as far as the eye could see. No traffic at all - no Smith's - no subdivisions. It is not as much of boomtown as others in CA and NV, but considering nothing was here - and they are now planning on building a hospital (Walmart and Costco owns land here) and many more homes. Yes, the growth is slower than many other locales, but that may be due to slower home sales and the growth of foreclosures, and that Dayton is a Township - not incorporated. Lyon county loves to take it's sweet time in deciding anything. Not to mention Lyon co. is the poorest in NV.

[ComstockKitty]

I lived behind Smith's, at the Sutro Tunnel for 4 years. A very ugly story about my landlord, and all the new development that is suppose to happen. Part of the reason I am not there is because he became nervous about me, I have a BS in Enviro Science, and there is a huge wetland area back there. It is federally protected under the clean water act, so the yoyo plans to rip out the historical area there, zoned single family, make it multi-family. All these years, he had been lying to me, and all the parties involved how they are going to preserve Sutro Tunnel, and turn it into a museum for the public. But he also refused to make any repairs on my house. Lyon Co. has no money to adopt a park like that, so I accessed the planning commission meetings, and found out the real truth of what he is up to. Each home is suppose to be on 3000 sq ft. My home up there was that size alone. Anyway, the developement is called Traditions. They made the planning commissioners angry at the last meeting, so the whole group was kicked out. There is now no water, except for the water that flows from the tunnel, right into the pond. They are trying so hard to keep it a secret, it is hysterically funny, because everyone knows it is there, especially the old timers in the area. There are 2 man players there, one was my old landlord, and another idiot he chose to be a partner, a trust fund baby. Except his partner does not want to work, and runs off to Safaris', and races cars, so he was fired as President of his own corporation. Makes me happy that bad man's life is getting ruined from his own greed. The other thing that happened is Western Nevada Supply is the only one that can supply the large construction items that are necessary to start building. The trailer sat by the hiway (50) for 2 years, and they never paid them. So WNS left, and told my landlord et al that they will not give them credit, they own money, so from now on it is cash up front.
I couldn't think of a better thing to happen to that $^%R^#$, that all makes me happy now. Maybe that answered some of your questions skycapture, about the new Dayton. Tomorrow, I will write about the old Dayton, if you like.

[DessertRat]

Originally Posted by skycapture

Dayton used to be nothing as far as the eye could see. No traffic at all - no Smith's - no subdivisions. It is not as much of boomtown as others in CA and NV, but considering nothing was here - and they are now planning on building a hospital (Walmart and Costco owns land here) and many more homes. Yes, the growth is slower than many other locales, but that may be due to slower home sales and the growth of foreclosures, and that Dayton is a Township - not incorporated. Lyon county loves to take it's sweet time in deciding anything. Not to mention Lyon co. is the poorest in NV.

It sounds like you want to live in place where it's not going to change much if at all. If you want a place where there's no possibility of that kind of development, you need to buy up all the land in an area yourself.