Living in Grants Pass Oregon 

I really appreciate the honesty about the cons when most pro/con lists by realtors sugar coat.

Nice video, Mr. Moddison

When I moved to Grant's pass oregon . I could walk across the street without out looking and not get hit by a car 12 years later. It's for of traffic. An 26 people I knew got hit by cars in crosswalks.

They also have bmx raceing

You can own a $300k 1 bedroom home on a street by a park Where homeless shit on the sidewalks Add in smoke season and its wonderful

How could you forget to mention that it’s where Dutch bros was started

The music in the background is quite annoying.

Funny you showed the Wonder Bur ! It is known as the Blur to locals !

It's interesting to see these videos from real estate people who I doubt grew up in the Rogue Valley. I was born and raised there, lived 11 miles out of town near Murphy. I left the area in the late 1980's for better work options elsewhere. You didn't mention one of the big events which takes place at Riverside Park Memorial Day weekend is the Boatnik Festival weekend, parade, hydroplane boat races, etc. Regarding the smoke, yes we do get fires here in the NW. But also the Rogue Valley is geographically situated and suspectable to temperature inversions. This where the air gets trapped under another layer of air, different temperature and basically gets trapped until another frontal system comes thru and is able to move the air out, not limited to only one time of year. My opinion if people like the nightlife and all the manmade entertainment of cities, GP and the valley isn't the place for them. We entertained ourselves, lots of outdoor activities, the has approximately 75 Percent of the land owned by the state or federal government so there is a lot of nature and outdoor activities to enjoy. Also for culture check out Ashland and the Shakespearean festival, it's on a world class level. When I was growing up Grants Pass (Josephine County) had the best rated county fair in the state of Oregon which was impressive for the population size of the county. We used to draw a number of top entertainers to play at the fair. I think much has changed since then.

Grants Pass is better than Roseburg. Roseburg has that wacko Douglas County Sheriff.

Travis Boersma has been doing a lot down at the downs!

Pretty much true, but drugs issue is highly exaggerated, smoke season is unfortunately real but not every summer, rafting is great. Very good family town with nightlife in adjacent towns. Come for a visit which is how almost everyone who lives here ended up here

Hi Travis. Do you know how Roseburg compares to Grants Pass on the smoke issue? Is there as much smoke in Roseburg during the fire season? Thanks. Helpful video.

hey travis have you seen the military memorial park it has tons of shade

Does Grant's pass have that super annoying background music? If so that's another negative lol

3 things you should know #1 long cold freezing winters #2 forest fire smoke summers #3 right wing gunnuts that try and blame california/obama for everything ever

Flying lark at the downs is supposed to nice let's see lol

Something good to mention is all the bear statues around town that's unique to the town

Having lived here 20+ years, I'm seriously considering moving out of this town. I used to love it...GP has a lot of potential, a lot of building and improvement. BUT....it has now turned to SHIT, in just the last few years. IGNORANT residents with no desire to improve themselves, much less their properties. Virtually everyone is way overweight, Primary Care is crap, and homes are generally becoming dilapidated. NOW, the summer heat is ungodly, and unbearable. Drugs and crime are out of control. The cops are good people, but the City Council has zero ideas on how to deal with a deteriorating town. In fact, they will not even address it. My great fear is if a regional emergency happens affecting Grants Pass, there's enough IGNORANT PEOPLE to endanger your safety and your family's safety. The town despises anyone wanting this town to improve it. The once=good education is now a babysitting service, nothing else.

Great video! Any intel on approx. which months/weeks GP experiences is annual smoke season?

Grants Pass has some of the most beautiful parks I’ve seen. The parks alone are a reason to move to Grants Pass.

Are the homeless in rural areas too?

You forgot to mention con: people dont want any out of towners especially California moving in Pro: everyone is super nice and friendly lol Ps. Just messing around love my town of grants pass coming from Medford

So my girlfriend and I are going to be moving to grants past March 1st so that she can work at the hospital there as a traveling nurse. I earn money through the Internet through various sources our reservation is that I am an African American and she is a white woman and based on some of the research I've done it's not the most inviting place for a gentleman such as myself. Can I ask your opinion on whether or not it's safe for me to be there for 3 months

Drugs

Rubtsovsk (Russia) 🤝

Grants Pass is the arm pit of Oregon.

The marijuana isn’t as big of a problem as he made it seem lol

HELL YES BROTHER BUT LET ME TELL YA THAT DAGNAB METH I GET IS THE BEST LETS GET TOGETHER SOME NIGHT AND BEAT THE PIPE BROTHER BOY

They have a great record and vintage audio store! - - Time machine records. 👍👍 Support the independents. Go on, you know it makes sense.