The internet is full of sites and lists for comparing places to live. Sperling's Best Places is one well-known resource. CNN Money offers its own lists, like the best small cities. Some sites offer past lists as well, so you can compare changes in ranking and characteristics, like population or employment, over time.
Grand Junction, Colorado, where I live, shows up highly ranked on a few recent lists. One is Forbes Magazine's Best Small Places for Business and Careers list. Grand Junction is ranked 13th in a list of 184 cities.
Last summer's list of Best Places to Retire and Live on $100 a Day from the AARP ranks Grand Junction number 1, due to a combination of "urban spunk" and "the outdoor wonderland that is western Colorado." They also mention our local vineyards and orchards, especially our sweet cherries, peaches, and apples!
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Introductions
Hello. My name is Davienne Jacobson. I'm named after my dad, Davie, and my name is pronounced "day-veen."
My husband and I moved to Grand Junction in May 2010, just four months ago. I love it here and I have a lot of faith that Grand Junction is going to continue to grow. After all, the U.S. Census Bureau that tracks "Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area population and estimated components of change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" put this area's population at 146,093 in 2009. That's 15,000 more people since the year 2005. And if you go to Sperling's Best Places, choose Grand Junction Metro area, click on the economy section and scroll to the bottom, it says: "Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 19.42%." That's all quite encouraging for Grand Junction, and for my future career as a Colorado real estate broker.
The next thing for me to do is to sign up online at a Colorado real estate institute that offers a class on how to get my associate broker license. Eventually I'll be a Grand Junction Broker, just as the title of this blog suggests.
My husband and I moved to Grand Junction in May 2010, just four months ago. I love it here and I have a lot of faith that Grand Junction is going to continue to grow. After all, the U.S. Census Bureau that tracks "Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area population and estimated components of change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" put this area's population at 146,093 in 2009. That's 15,000 more people since the year 2005. And if you go to Sperling's Best Places, choose Grand Junction Metro area, click on the economy section and scroll to the bottom, it says: "Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 19.42%." That's all quite encouraging for Grand Junction, and for my future career as a Colorado real estate broker.
The next thing for me to do is to sign up online at a Colorado real estate institute that offers a class on how to get my associate broker license. Eventually I'll be a Grand Junction Broker, just as the title of this blog suggests.
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