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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2017 - 12:30pm PT
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Thanks everyone. My wife and I have been looking around for the past year and decided on Redmond/Terrebone, OR.
I quit my job of 27 yrs and our house has been up for sale for 3 weeks. Hope to move very soon!!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 11, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
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Roots, best of luck to you in the future.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 11, 2017 - 12:58pm PT
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Redmond/Terrebone is half Californicators so it ain't really moving to Oregon.
John Day is the real Oregon.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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May 11, 2017 - 01:04pm PT
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John Day, it's on the good side of Oregon
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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May 11, 2017 - 04:37pm PT
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Good luck! I'm curious how you made your decision. Any close runners up?
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
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On the edge-
2nd choice was Redmond! LOL
Why we chose not to go to Bend:
House prices too high.
Too much traffic.
Too crowded in general.
Redmond is less crowded and is a better value for home buying.
We looked at quite a few small towns and Redmond is a place that my wife can see as home. If it was solely up to me I'd be in Cortez, CO due to proximity to desert and mountains.
But Redmond has enough for me to keep busy......and hopefully I can find work once we get up there.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 15, 2017 - 03:36pm PT
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Enjoy your new home.....Cortez would have been a good choice too.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 15, 2017 - 03:43pm PT
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There are pluses and minuses no matter where you go, but on the plus side for Redmond is that this is practically in your back yard.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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May 15, 2017 - 04:04pm PT
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Congrats on the exodus from the So Cal hell!
You won't regret being out of that traffic.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 15, 2017 - 08:14pm PT
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Roots! And the next-best thing about your new home-town, is you are only a few hours west of Idaho! Woohoo!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 15, 2017 - 08:18pm PT
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Goodnight, TX.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 15, 2017 - 08:21pm PT
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Where it's really at...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 15, 2017 - 08:41pm PT
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Skardu, Pakistan. A stones throw from the Karakoram and a haircut replete with a twenty minute head massage is two bucks. Oh, but you better like turkey bacon.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 16, 2017 - 08:24am PT
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Phunny that Mojave has been Ground Zero for aviation's cutting edge for 30 years, isn't it?
Ghost, yer gonna retire to Bella Coola? I've looked at property there, too!
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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May 16, 2017 - 09:02am PT
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Kernville, CA
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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May 16, 2017 - 10:00am PT
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The new resort will have a great view of Mt. Robson.
The "new resort" will be a real estate speculation boondoggle just like Jumbo was. Sh#t we're still paying the salaries for mayor and council of a nonexistant town! Hard to beat that kind of scam but he's doing it again.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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May 16, 2017 - 10:56am PT
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^ The difference in this case is there's actually a real town there already, and it has the support of the local community. :-)
From what I understand, Oberti did not initially come up with this idea, but was approached by locals for development. Not exactly easy to get there though.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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May 16, 2017 - 11:04am PT
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Buttonwillow CA.
Quick access to the 5 for the inane number of road trips climbers tend to take. Cheap housing means more gas in the tank and one of the closest destinations would be the Needles.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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May 16, 2017 - 12:36pm PT
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Mojave, CA.
Where there are not one, but two "Syphilis, The Silent Killer" billboards, the wind blows a constant 20 gusting to 50mph, the local pasttime is smoking meth down by the train tracks, and the old mining pollution and view of a hill full of windmills is free. Get there before the crowds, don't be priced out!
I was there one time when the wind gusts were 80mph.
I actually think the town is dieing. The 58 bypasses it, and there are fewer restaurants than there used to be.
Edit: In the nineties I worked with a woman who bought property in California City. She swore that it would be the next boom town. We know how that worked out.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 17, 2017 - 01:26pm PT
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Giggity!
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