Looking to buy or sell a home in Chaffee County, Colorado (Salida, Buena Vista, Nathrop, Poncha Springs) area? Email: MonicaSellsSalida@gmail.com Call 719-626-1501 Visit: www.MonicaSellsSalida.com
Well done Monica. I am sure all your post will help many who are looking to relocate. I moved to Leadville in 1995 then to BV a little over a year later. I now live in Nathrop and love it here. Best of both worlds! I Love the whole valley. I have seen a lot of change in my many years here. Best to you!
Thanks so much for the kind words. This is such a lovely area. And you're right, Nathrop is the best of both worlds. It's perfectly in between BV and Salida. Thanks for watching!
Canon City also has the Arkansas River, which flows through it. Canon City has much more river walking and parks than Buena Vista or Salida put together. A lot of the Arkansas River that flows through Salida and BV is private property. Canon City is much more scenic and more things to do than BV and Salida put together! Salida and Buena Vista are for old retired hippies that have plenty of money and time on their hands who just want to sit around and drink. Canyon City also has a small college more reasonably priced housing and more available housing than these old people towns like BV and Salida.
Leadville is a cute historic town as well. It's very high up (over 10k feet) so is colder than the Chaffee County (Salida & BV ) area. It's smaller than Salida and doesn't have as much of an art scene, but a great outdoor scene. Very close to Cooper Mt. It's worth a visit if you're drawn to this area. Have you visited Salida before?
@@ronmexico5908 Salida is a lovely spot to retire I've heard. We have a very active retiree community here. Salida is about 4 hours north of Durango, so closer to Denver area. If you're ever interested in exploring this area further, please reach out. I'm happy to be a resource for you :) Take care and thanks for watching!
Don't move to either of these towns. They are both the same! I used to live and work in BV. Both towns have no housing. Both towns are for rich, old retired people. They roll up the sidewalks by 6:00 pm. Nowhere for the average working person to live. Landlords expect potential renters to jump through hoops and beg and grovel to live in their precious properties!! You will need to put down 3 times the rent as a deposit to move into an apartment or house. So if the rent is $2000 a month, you will need to put down $6000 in cash just to move into a place that you will never own. There is one landlord there in Salida(you know who I'm talking about), a female who owns several properties, and she treats potential renters as if they are entering a raffle! All these people(potential renters) show up at the same time wanting the same apartment, which is a very awkward situation. She basically makes you beg and grovel or says you have the place and then changes her mind. This is the mindset of people who live and own property in Buena Vista and Salida. These towns are the same! It's even worse in the summertime. These towns and landlords cater to the summer tourists. Both of these towns are for old, rich morning people. The city police in Salida state patrol, and sherrif have nothing to do but to find reasons to pull people over, especially the main highway between Salida and BV. Houses are ridiculously priced, assuming you can even find one for sale.Nothing is open in either town after 10:00 pm. You can not even find food or water after 10:00pm. The businesses in Salida, in particular, are closing up left and right, especially the restaurants! Nice towns to visit but forget about living there. Closest civilization is Canon City, about 50 miles east of Salida. Salida does have a Walmart, and that's about it. There is nothing really to do in either town. Oh, Salida does have a bowing alley if it hasn't shut down yet.
Both towns are practically the same! Buena Vista has a state prison in town, so that's decent money, but then there is nowhere to live! What the wealthy people do is buy some land and then build a big house from the ground up. Then, they don't live in their house, only for the summer or vacation. It's really a shame, All these unoccupied mansions in this county are just sitting around and then the working man can't even afford an apartment to rent or a house to rent. Oh, and then there's the high-priced electricity! Electricity in this country is ridiculous! There's the housing community in Buena Vista called " The Farm". $500,000 for a 3 bedroom. Manufactured townhouses with a tiny, tiny back yard(no grass or turf, just sand). If you want to buy a townhouse, you will be on a waiting list, forever!!! There is plenty of land around BV, just nothing being built!! The electric heaters( no gas) in these townhousees are near the ceilings and take several hours to heat the kitchen and dining rooms! If you don't believe me that these towns are the same, then visit them, but make sure you have a place to sleep. Just don't stay overnight, and then you won't have to worry about finding a place to sleep.
Looking to buy or sell a home in Chaffee County, Colorado (Salida, Buena Vista, Nathrop, Poncha Springs) area?
Email: MonicaSellsSalida@gmail.com
Call 719-626-1501
Visit: www.MonicaSellsSalida.com
Well done Monica. I am sure all your post will help many who are looking to relocate. I moved to Leadville in 1995 then to BV a little over a year later. I now live in Nathrop and love it here. Best of both worlds! I Love the whole valley. I have seen a lot of change in my many years here. Best to you!
Thanks so much for the kind words. This is such a lovely area. And you're right, Nathrop is the best of both worlds. It's perfectly in between BV and Salida.
Thanks for watching!
The only thing Nathrop has is that rockshop which closes at like 4:00pm.
Canon City also has the Arkansas River, which flows through it. Canon City has much more river walking and parks than Buena Vista or Salida put together. A lot of the Arkansas River that flows through Salida and BV is private property. Canon City is much more scenic and more things to do than BV and Salida put together! Salida and Buena Vista are for old retired hippies that have plenty of money and time on their hands who just want to sit around and drink. Canyon City also has a small college more reasonably priced housing and more available housing than these old people towns like BV and Salida.
Does Leadville have much to offer? I have been thinking of visiting there
Leadville is a cute historic town as well. It's very high up (over 10k feet) so is colder than the Chaffee County (Salida & BV ) area. It's smaller than Salida and doesn't have as much of an art scene, but a great outdoor scene. Very close to Cooper Mt. It's worth a visit if you're drawn to this area.
Have you visited Salida before?
@ I have not visited Salina. I visited a friend in Durango and thought this may be a place I check out again for retirement
@@ronmexico5908 Salida is a lovely spot to retire I've heard. We have a very active retiree community here. Salida is about 4 hours north of Durango, so closer to Denver area.
If you're ever interested in exploring this area further, please reach out. I'm happy to be a resource for you :) Take care and thanks for watching!
Leadville has nothing!! Do you want to live at an elevation of 10,200 feet? Housing is ridiculous!
Leadville does have the mining museum, a Subway, and a Safeway. Also, ridiculously priced homes!! Oh, and deep snow!
Don't move to either of these towns. They are both the same! I used to live and work in BV. Both towns have no housing. Both towns are for rich, old retired people. They roll up the sidewalks by 6:00 pm. Nowhere for the average working person to live. Landlords expect potential renters to jump through hoops and beg and grovel to live in their precious properties!! You will need to put down 3 times the rent as a deposit to move into an apartment or house. So if the rent is $2000 a month, you will need to put down $6000 in cash just to move into a place that you will never own. There is one landlord there in Salida(you know who I'm talking about), a female who owns several properties, and she treats potential renters as if they are entering a raffle! All these people(potential renters) show up at the same time wanting the same apartment, which is a very awkward situation. She basically makes you beg and grovel or says you have the place and then changes her mind. This is the mindset of people who live and own property in Buena Vista and Salida. These towns are the same! It's even worse in the summertime. These towns and landlords cater to the summer tourists. Both of these towns are for old, rich morning people. The city police in Salida state patrol, and sherrif have nothing to do but to find reasons to pull people over, especially the main highway between Salida and BV. Houses are ridiculously priced, assuming you can even find one for sale.Nothing is open in either town after 10:00 pm. You can not even find food or water after 10:00pm. The businesses in Salida, in particular, are closing up left and right, especially the restaurants! Nice towns to visit but forget about living there. Closest civilization is Canon City, about 50 miles east of Salida. Salida does have a Walmart, and that's about it. There is nothing really to do in either town. Oh, Salida does have a bowing alley if it hasn't shut down yet.
Both towns are practically the same! Buena Vista has a state prison in town, so that's decent money, but then there is nowhere to live! What the wealthy people do is buy some land and then build a big house from the ground up. Then, they don't live in their house, only for the summer or vacation. It's really a shame, All these unoccupied mansions in this county are just sitting around and then the working man can't even afford an apartment to rent or a house to rent. Oh, and then there's the high-priced electricity! Electricity in this country is ridiculous! There's the housing community in Buena Vista called " The Farm". $500,000 for a 3 bedroom. Manufactured townhouses with a tiny, tiny back yard(no grass or turf, just sand). If you want to buy a townhouse, you will be on a waiting list, forever!!! There is plenty of land around BV, just nothing being built!! The electric heaters( no gas) in these townhousees are near the ceilings and take several hours to heat the kitchen and dining rooms! If you don't believe me that these towns are the same, then visit them, but make sure you have a place to sleep. Just don't stay overnight, and then you won't have to worry about finding a place to sleep.