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Marni
Posts:393
 | | 10/11/2007 4:32 PM |
 Alert | Im just wondering, where are all of you people from? Are you just transplants from other states that bought houses before you saw them or what?
Haha yeah people were actually buying sight unseen through an agent. | |
"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008 | |
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| | cbjlovenest
Posts:104
| | 10/11/2007 6:27 PM |
Alert | | Wow...well if that is the case I can understand some being upset about the circumstances they find themselves in. I am a banker and understand how some of the relocation process works, so it does happen that way. Might be a big shock to find you dont live near Phoenix at all when you show up. LOL Again though, that is something that you have to sort of bite the bullet on anyways, you could have ended up in worse places IN THE VALLEY, like Mexico...I mean Mesa where you dont have to worry about a store coming, Food City and the Cash Checking Center are already there. Best advice is to start working to make Maricopa a dream place to live so you can sell and move into the valley with all the traffic, soccer moms, and Mega shopping centers you miss so much. | | | |
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| | Alx
Posts:17
| | 10/12/2007 7:01 AM |
Alert | | buy sight unseen? you cant take off a weekend and spend a couple of hundred before spending 100's of 1,000's on a house? lol | | | |
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| | TheBoymaker
Posts:657
| | 10/12/2007 9:33 AM |
Alert | I'll bite. I was raised in a huge city and I thought that small town life would be delightful. But it isn't and I'm not sure it's Maricopa's fault. Across the country, people are trying to escape their small towns. It just seems that certain personalities are more suited to particular lifestyles.
Oh, and the sales people are insane. There should be some way to hold them accountable. | |
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| | s_fogle27
Posts:96
| | 10/13/2007 7:01 AM |
Alert | | Not everyone is a jerk. Just bypass some of the comments and take advantage of the nice ones. ; ) Sorry you're disappointed in Maricopa. It does seem a little odd that an estabilished hosipital wouldn't have been your first need, but everyone makes mistakes. When I moved to Maricopa Basha's was JUST put in and there was NOTHING else. So we were thankful for Basha's in itself. Maricopa has grown a lot in 3-years and it's going to take time for it to continue to grow. I hope you find some happiness in Maricopa. I'm fine w/ it because we live in a beautiful community (affordable!) and Awhatukee & Chandler are only 20-30 minutes away. Again, don't let the nasty ones posting upset you......bypass them and choose your conversation. HOPE YOU FIND HAPPINESS IN MARICOPA! | | | |
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| | Fritzydoodle
Posts:938
| | 10/13/2007 7:55 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By s_fogle27 on 10/13/2007 7:01 AM
It does seem a little odd that an estabilished hosipital wouldn't have been your first need, but everyone makes mistakes. When I moved to Maricopa Basha's was JUST put in and there was NOTHING else. </div>
Maricopa could not and still can not economically support a hospital. You need a market base of 100,000 population plus. Not to mention, Maricopa is about 30 odd minutes from two hospitals - Chandler and Casa Grande. (Baring traffic snafus)
Nothing else? What about the businesses that have been in this community for years if not decades?
Maricopa is a mere infant in the life span of Arizona cities. Casa Grande, as a regional shopping hub, is just beginning to get the big box stores and corporate shopping entities. And Casa Grande has existed for longer than Arizona has been a state. It takes time to develop. Maricopa has come a long way in four years. Just wait and see where it is 14 years from now.
Rural lifestyle is a big change from urban and isn't for everyone. I grew up in NY on Long Island. Back then - it was rural! Moved to Florida - deep in the heart of nowhere rural. My children grew up here and when they turned of age, what was the first thing they did? Get the hell out of Dodge for life in the big cities on the east coast. Where are they now? Back home in Pinal County. Adulthood makes this a much nicer place than they remembered as a teenager. <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/rolleyes.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Rolled Eyes' align='absmiddle'> | |
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|  | jeeptj02
Posts:112
| | 10/15/2007 6:35 PM |
Alert | | Im not trying to be rude but how does everyone consider this town to be so rural? i grew up in a rural farm town back in michigan we had a general store with one gas pump and a small small resturant in the back of it. a post office next store and a church across the street that was it. We where a hour plus to any mall or stores.now thats rural and preaty typical of a rural town in the midwest. I just think of this town as being more of a bedroom community then some rural hobunk town. Its not like you drive 40 miles and not see a thing. and we have some amenities here. granted if we could get a decent resturant and bar i would be more happy but i dont think alot of people brought in this town for the so called rural life. they brought here because it was affordable. | | | |
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| | CliffinAZ
Posts:394
| | 10/15/2007 9:41 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By jeeptj02 on 10/15/2007 6:35 PM
Im not trying to be rude but how does everyone consider this town to be so rural? i grew up in a rural farm town back in michigan we had a general store with one gas pump and a small small resturant in the back of it. a post office next store and a church across the street that was it. We where a hour plus to any mall or stores.now thats rural and preaty typical of a rural town in the midwest. I just think of this town as being more of a bedroom community then some rural hobunk town. Its not like you drive 40 miles and not see a thing. and we have some amenities here. granted if we could get a decent resturant and bar i would be more happy but i dont think alot of people brought in this town for the so called rural life. they brought here because it was affordable.</div>
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. If you're only used to living in a big city, it can seem rural in comparison. I grew up in the suburbs of Long Island, so it doesn't seem exactly rural to me, although there's not all that much out here yet.
I think that there are a good number of people who bought in here because it was rural, but they're the people who came well before the real estate boom and before Maricopa was incorporated into a city. My understanding is that it was truly more rural back then. | | | |
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| | ilovesubway
Posts:53
| | 10/16/2007 4:42 PM |
Alert | Without reading most of the other posts.. responding to the original question:
Been here 2 years.. hate it.. would leave in a second if we could sell our house for even close to what we paid for it.. | | | |
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| | utahjazzfan
Posts:96
| | 10/16/2007 6:44 PM |
Alert | | the base price of my model just dropped $40,000. I regret not having a time machine to go back 7 months and tell myself to wait a little longer. | | | |
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| | JasonY
Posts:1631
| | 10/17/2007 4:04 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By CliffinAZ on 10/15/2007 9:41 PM
<div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By jeeptj02 on 10/15/2007 6:35 PM
Im not trying to be rude but how does everyone consider this town to be so rural? i grew up in a rural farm town back in michigan we had a general store with one gas pump and a small small resturant in the back of it. a post office next store and a church across the street that was it. We where a hour plus to any mall or stores.now thats rural and preaty typical of a rural town in the midwest. I just think of this town as being more of a bedroom community then some rural hobunk town. Its not like you drive 40 miles and not see a thing. and we have some amenities here. granted if we could get a decent resturant and bar i would be more happy but i dont think alot of people brought in this town for the so called rural life. they brought here because it was affordable.</div>
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. If you're only used to living in a big city, it can seem rural in comparison. I grew up in the suburbs of Long Island, so it doesn't seem exactly rural to me, although there's not all that much out here yet.
I think that there are a good number of people who bought in here because it was rural, but they're the people who came well before the real estate boom and before Maricopa was incorporated into a city. My understanding is that it was truly more rural back then.</div>
Where in Michigan? I grew up in Kalamazoo.... | |
"When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny."
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| | jeeptj02
Posts:112
| | 10/17/2007 7:20 PM |
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town called north street. Its in the thumb. close to port huron if you know where that is. I grew up there then moved to traverse city for a few years before moving out here. | | | |
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| | JasonY
Posts:1631
| | 10/22/2007 4:32 PM |
Alert | | Ahhh....I see. Jeeps rule! I have a 2005...... | |
"When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny."
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| | darin45
Posts:145
| | 10/25/2007 11:11 AM |
Alert | | no regrets except that I wish our community, Tortosa would finish up the entrance and that its talking alont longer to start building major shops and entertainment in the area. reaching 70k people before starting anything worth while is gonna be like another 2+ years..other than that no regrets | |
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| | Sinbad
Posts:3022
| | 10/25/2007 11:40 AM |
Alert | | Ohh yeah.. just wanted to let you know.... I still like it here!! | |
Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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| | Cactus Rob
Posts:829
| | 10/25/2007 4:41 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By Sinbad on 10/25/2007 11:40 AM
Ohh yeah.. just wanted to let you know.... I still like it here!!</div>
You're not alone, Sinbad. Marge and I still like it here too. | | | |
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| | asugrl
Posts:292
| | 10/26/2007 10:33 AM |
Alert | | I like it here so far. I can't wait to get just a few more retail stores or a mall though, lol. | | | |
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| | jeeptj02
Posts:112
| | 10/26/2007 12:34 PM |
Alert | | I thought i didnt mind it but the more i think about this question the more i realize just how much i find this town to be depressing. I cant shop at frys on the weekends because theres no food left on the shelfs not to mention the charge more then frys closer to phoenix. I hate to say it but i havent meet that many nice people down here not like when i lived in north phoenix maybe its me i dont know. I have found a builder that will give me 90 percent of my appraised house value if they can not sell it by the time the have my house built. Which i would be more then happy to accept if they appraise my house decently. | | | |
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| | Lurker
Posts:35
| | 10/26/2007 4:29 PM |
Alert | Ah, there is nothing wrong with a 30 to 45 min commute time (It is the average in this state actually). I work on I-10 and Elliot, I leave at 6:50 in the morning and get to work by 7:30 at the latest (Unless there is an accident...then I do not care, because my work of course will understand something as uncontrollable as an accident).
As for moving here and regretting it...that would be the buyers fault, PERIOD. It is your lack of research and naivety that lead you to move here. I hate when people point figures and sales people and the like, it is always your decision to make the choice…no one else’s. Are people seriously that thick headed that they are going to trust someone they have known for 30 minutes to maybe 7 days with 150’000-400’000 dollars? I have been waiting a year to make a decision to where I was going to purchase my first home, I knew it was going to be on the outskirts of town and I had three major choices…Casa Grande, Queen Creek and Maricopa. I started at Casa Grande and worked my way around, after much diligence my fiancée and myself finally came to a decision regardless of what my realtor said (I have known my realtor since I was a teenager…and I did not completely trust everything he said, it was not out of spite, but yearning for personal satisfaction of finding out for myself)
I know that I am going to loose between 10K and 20K after purchasing this house, because after doing a little market research I played the conservative view. Looking at the house market and seeing the steady decline in constructions starts, foreclosures due to sub prime/interesting only loans, I knew that it was not going to be pretty. However, since this was my first home I weighed it against paying a $1000 for rent or #1300 for a mortgage, I choose the mortgage.
The drive is reasonable, unless you were driving to Scottsdale during rush hour. Driving to ASU during rush hour (60-70 min, Awatukee 40min). I have not tired to get to Phoenix from Maricopa during rush hour, but I can assume it is a decent drive.
As for what is around here, that again should be something the home buyer could of researched (took 15 min to drive around Maricopa, it does not take long to see everything we have to offer). However, I enjoy seeing growth and judging by the statistical numbers in the past 3 to 4 years Maricopa is growing and a nice steady rate.
My parents moved here from IL in 1987, they purchased a small home in Gilbert, AZ and at that time it was known as BFE. My parent’s family thought it was too far and that they made a bad decision, but after 10 years Gilbert was one of the fastest growing cities around and the infrastructure continued to be on the increase. What I am trying to say is, when buying a home patience is key…you are purchasing an investment, it takes time to see a return. I am having fun here in this little town, friends visit ever week, we go out to the lake, and find time to go outside of town to see friends and family. Maricopa is what you make it people, I find comfort in watching my town go from nothing to something.
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| | Lurker
Posts:35
| | 10/26/2007 4:37 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By maricopacabana on 09/21/2007 6:50 AM
Things are improving. Though to be honest it will probably be 2009, 2010 before we see some of the stores and restaurants everyone wants. I bet it will be more than 4 years on a hospital.</div>
That is true, 100% and there is nothing wrong with that at all. Growth takes time, construction takes time, lot and location planning takes time, getting the permission takes time, and construction (depending on the building) can take anywhere from 12-24 months to complete <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/tongue.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Tongue' align='absmiddle'>
This lady complaining had false expectations and an unrealistic perspective.
Oh as for the cow manure smell she smelled, medically your nose will get used to the smell after 15 min. Your neurons will stop firing that signal to your brain and it will neutralize the manure smell. Just like if I rubbed the same spot of your back for 10 minutes it would start to get numb, same difference.
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