What is the town of Riverton Like? (Cheyenne, Rock Springs: apartment, rent)

[Crosby]

Is Riverton a nice town to raise a family?

[MHT]

Originally Posted by Crosby

Is Riverton a nice town to raise a family?

What are you looking for in a "nice town to raise a family". Why don't you try some specific questions and hopefully you'll get a better response.

[jamiesteward04]

Riverton is a cut little town. When I lived in that area it was not all that expensive either.(that was only ) 3 years ago..

[RockyMtnr]

It is very hard to differentiate between any of the major "burgs" of the Salt Lake Valley as they all run together ,,, and even as I write it, they are all worth their own page.
Riverton is near the south end of the valley - leaving only Bluffdale on the west side of I-15 that is further south before "Point of the Mountain" and the upcoming Provo valley.
Before Draper started coming of age (east-side of the valley equivolent), Draper was a farming community - and the nearest centralized shopping was Riverton - which was also a farming, early-ranchette type of area. Definitely not "inner-city" yet, still in the cluster these days.
You can find horse-property abounding in the area with fair access to inroads leading to the city. Nearly a mix of the old and new in the valley. As mentioned - possibly considered "cute" though not quaint by eastern standards.

[mrkool]

You may want to reconsider or edit this post, since the original poster was asking about Riverton Wyoming

Originally Posted by RockyMtnr

It is very hard to differentiate between any of the major "burgs" of the Salt Lake Valley as they all run together ,,, and even as I write it, they are all worth their own page.
Riverton is near the south end of the valley - leaving only Bluffdale on the west side of I-15 that is further south before "Point of the Mountain" and the upcoming Provo valley.
Before Draper started coming of age (east-side of the valley equivolent), Draper was a farming community - and the nearest centralized shopping was Riverton - which was also a farming, early-ranchette type of area. Definitely not "inner-city" yet, still in the cluster these days.
You can find horse-property abounding in the area with fair access to inroads leading to the city. Nearly a mix of the old and new in the valley. As mentioned - possibly considered "cute" though not quaint by eastern standards.

[shadowwalker]

I haven't posted this on Riverton, Wyoming before so I will do it now. If your buying a house in the town of Riverton. You should check on the foundation ground of the town. It is a not well known secret the the grounds topsoil might be from a plant outside of town that has it left over from a leaching process to get a chemical out of. I can't remember the exact one.If I remember it is a powerful fetilizer. (The dirt origionally comes from the Uranium mines east of Riverton.) But the ground is contaminated with Uranium. SUPPOSEDLY the Radio Active amounts are "less than leathel" .But who knows about over time exposure to children and family. It is one of the unpublished things about the town. But they had a big deal about 10 or 15 years ago and did dig up houses and ground there because of it. This dirt was given for free and used all over town. Just a thought on people moving there.

[Jason1980]

Originally Posted by Crosby

Is Riverton a nice town to raise a family?

It beats Rawlins, but so does every other town I have ever seen (and I mean ever seen - even in eastern Europe and central America). There was a really nice restaurant downtown with very good food - which completely stunned me. I can't remember the name of it, but it was perhaps on or very near 3rd Street. It was even very clean - which is astonishing in Wyoming, where filth on a scale which would stun an ox is a way of life. I remember it was a block or so from some nice little brick apartment building in the middle of downtown which (I read on the sign) only rents to old people. It was about three stories tall (a "highrise").

Aside from that amazing experience, it looked pretty typically dismally "Wyoming". I only spent a couple of hours there though, so I can't say too much about Riverton.

Go rent "Brokeback Mountain". LOL! It supposedly takes place largely there (in Riverton).

[lovethewest]

I grew up (partially) in Riverton, and in my opinion, it is not a good place to raise a family. My older brothers got mixed up with some bad people, and were quickly heading down the wrong path. Thankfully we moved, but it still affects them to this day. Now, I'm not saying everyone there is bad. In fact, there are some very wonderful people in Riverton. The majority of the population is very friendly and wholesome, but Riverton also has a bad side, which I think, is much worse than most towns its size.

[lovethewest]

Originally Posted by Wyo2008

My coworker is from there, and she attributes it to the "Indians," as she calls them. Riverton may be a dump, but it is heaven compared to Rawlins. The entire state is a trashy, backward hellhole, but I actually included Riverton (along with Cheyenne and Jackson) as the only towns which had any charm whatsoever. I have never been to Sheridan, which my coworker tells me I would like. I've been to at least ten towns all over the state though - from Sundance to Rock Springs, and thought it (with a few exceptions), the most disgusting and backward state in the nation - bar none. I lived for two years in Alabama, which Wyoming makes look like my native New York. People tend to criticize Alabama - I can only say they have obviously never been to Wyoming...

I don't think the whole state is bad, but it certainly has its less than desirable areas. I love Wyoming though, and always will.

[WyoMama]

Originally Posted by lovethewest

I don't think the whole state is bad, but it certainly has its less than desirable areas. I love Wyoming though, and always will.

Find any state in the union - or country - that DOESN'T have it's undesirable side? Riverton isn't bad but is on the rez, is pretty old, but there is a college & are jobs; there is a decent hospital there & reg shopping - not just junk shops for tourists.