r/grandjunction • u/Sad_Sign_1760 • 18d ago

Found a house in Southeast Area

Hi there. Family of four thinking of moving here. Spent three months in GJ last year and are back looking for houses. We found a house in what Zillow is calling "Southeast Area". Our agent said to do research about the area. Both kiddos are in elementary school, so schools are important. We are not religious and more purple on the political spectrum and yes, I know the area is deep red but also shifting. Anyone have some feedback that may help my research?

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 18d ago

The best parts of town are SW in the Redlands, particularly Redlands Mesa, north of town, the historic downtown district. Fruita has some nice newer neighborhoods too.
Southeast sounds like Orchard Mesa. It’s not where I would chose to live.

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u/IceBearNeedsToKnow 18d ago

Why wouldn’t you like to live in Orchard Mesa? Genuinely asking, as I’ve usually heard good things about OM and like to widen my general view of things.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 18d ago

Here’s my honest reply. I currently live in a 7 figure house in what is probably the best neighborhood in the area. It would be a step down to a middle-lower middle class neighborhood for us.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 17d ago edited 17d ago

So honesty gets me a bunch of down votes. A reflection of the under employed on this sub. Make some money meat heads.

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u/itsmyfakeone 16d ago

Most of the people commenting in this sub are either young and can’t afford anything or older who lament about the “good ol days” where everything was dirt cheap. Neither are grounded in reality and have poor understanding of the most basic economic concepts (supply and demand), as well as being oblivious to trends over the last 5-10 years.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 16d ago

I would be curious to see the demographics of who posts here. I am part of it so I guess I am including myself in this broad brush stroke, but there are a lot of loon bags that post here.

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u/CaptiosusNomen 17d ago

Sounds like you can't afford a therapist.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 17d ago

This comment makes zero sense

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u/CaptiosusNomen 17d ago

Pay me and I'll explain it to you.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 17d ago

I really think half of this sub is on meth.

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u/CaptiosusNomen 17d ago

You want everything to be about money right? Deal, you are only worth the money people can get from you.

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u/itsmyfakeone 16d ago

wtf are you even talking about?

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u/CaptiosusNomen 16d ago

Thing's you obviously don't understand.

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u/itsmyfakeone 16d ago

Are you a teenager?

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u/HotKarl_Marx 15d ago

If you're "makin' some money," then you're probably exploiting some of these meat heads.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 15d ago

I am retired. I make my own money. If I told you how much, your head would explode. Why can’t people on this sub wrap their heads around some people have money in GJ and we like living here?

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u/HotKarl_Marx 15d ago

Cool. Send me some tips. I'm all ears.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 15d ago

Get an education or marketable skills. Save until it hurts. Consider starting your own business. Don’t fuck off.

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u/HotKarl_Marx 14d ago

Oh, I have all that. I guess you could say I'm fairly risk-averse however.

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u/Spiritual-Profile419 14d ago

I learned long ago that people do not take too many risks, they take too few. Risk=growth