Ontario - Nyssa area on the Snake River (school, tax)

[kbbhere]

Is there anyone living in this area and like it? I have never been over there, but it sounds like a great place to retire and fish and swim. My wife and I are looking for affordable housing with a reasonable climate both ways, not too hot or too cold, and not too many mosquitoes. We are really into gardening and outdoor living. Any help would be nice. We just can't seem to find an area that we both can agree on. Thanks. G.B.

[nocoldiron]

I left Nyssa several years ago after living there a year.You are talking about the desert side of the state-I could not garden there,my sewer tax alone was 25.00 before I ran a drop of water.My neighbor had a private well and a gorgous yard,the land is fertile.Prices are cheaper on the dry side but the wet side is,in my opinion,so much more beautiful and gardener friendly.We have no mosquito's where I live, I am 14 miles from the coast and in a very nice climate zone.The Snake River is great fishing but under mercury cautions.Be careful if you move to Ontario to be downwind of Ore-Ida and in Nyssa,the White Sugar factory.I moved in close to it in the fall,when it is closed and was I unpleasantly surprised when the smell hit in the summer.Nyssa is very small,75%+ Spanish and has a very good school system,Ontario has a bad reputation and a poor state report card.It gets HOT on the desert side.I think you should look at both sides of the state-they are 2 extremes from each other.If you are into gardening,the wet side is the greatest.