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Tucker in Grand Junction & Durango
- Thread starter Big Jim
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Ringer
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My oldest daughter lives and works in Durango. What a great town that is. Only 25,000 population, yet because it is a 4 season tourist destination it has more restaurants, breweries, art galleries, outdoor recreation, entertainment, things to do, etc. than any other town of similar size.
BerkeleyBuff
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My favorite town in Colorado by a mile.
I spent two years there. I'm still trying to figure out how to get back there. It's paradise on earth.
I had a chance to move to Durango for a job several years ago. Ultimately I came to the conclusion that the move would be too costly and the pay wasn’t adequate for the cost of living there. But I definitely mulled it over. Great town. Just too expensive and too remote. It’s a six hour drive to Denver on a good day.
BerkeleyBuff
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I’m confused... you say this like it’s a bad thing...
Flying anywhere out of Durango was a pain.
BerkeleyBuff
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Distance from a major city is a big plus in my book. Durango is high on my list of eventual places to end up, just behind Bozeman and Kalispell. If I need to fly from Durango I imagine I’d just go to Albuquerque, about 3 hours away.
Thee great choices. I have a friend in Missoula who likes it too.
BerkeleyBuff
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Almost listed Missoula - it’s certainly next on the list, and I’d be more than happy with any of them.
For me, it is a bad thing. I get that Durango’s remote location is a benefit for many folks. I’m just not one of them.
The three hour drive to ABQ is't bad, but flying anywhere like Europe is going to have you changing plans at least twice.
The worst drive I've ever had was ****ing Vaughn to Roswell. It's a whole lot of nothing.. It's 90 something miles of absolute ****. Don't take that trek at night.
Yep, it's over by Ignacio.
IIA?
Mick Ronson
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albuquerque airport is a breeze to get in/out.....but there aren't that many flights unless you want to go through Dallas to get to anywhere......which is a pain in the wazoo and makes for long travel days with more connections than you'd like. i really took being close to DIA for granted.
been in CO most of my life (i'm 51).....but i've moved to southern NM just near the Gila National Forest for a lot of the reasons people like Durango.....outdoorsy life, camping, hiking etc, easier pace of life than 2019 Boulder (after 28 years)...local craft beer is respectable, new mexican food is great....etc..... i miss CO but i'm happy with the move....but getting to other places outta ABQ is a bit spotty thus far. and expensive. frontier only seems to have reasonable time/price flights to Denver in the summer, mostly. weird. phoenix is a little better generally speaking, FWIW.
just one man's opinion/experience thus far. glad to hear the Tucker tour is making believers...
been in CO most of my life (i'm 51).....but i've moved to southern NM just near the Gila National Forest for a lot of the reasons people like Durango.....outdoorsy life, camping, hiking etc, easier pace of life than 2019 Boulder (after 28 years)...local craft beer is respectable, new mexican food is great....etc..... i miss CO but i'm happy with the move....but getting to other places outta ABQ is a bit spotty thus far. and expensive. frontier only seems to have reasonable time/price flights to Denver in the summer, mostly. weird. phoenix is a little better generally speaking, FWIW.
just one man's opinion/experience thus far. glad to hear the Tucker tour is making believers...
Ringer
Well-Known Member
Correct. It's about a 10-15 minute drive from main part of Main Street. Year-round daily small jet flights to and from Denver, Dallas and Phoenix, and a summer schedule which changes every year, but now includes Chicago, LAX, and Houston. It's a super-convenient little airport which makes living there less remote.
https://www.durangogov.org/202/Airport
