I believe it briefly touched that figure, then it got the attention of the world for all the wrong reasons, and it's been downhill ever since.
Gilbert Arizona is looking better and better.
"Gilbert Arizona is looking better and better."
Publius...I currently live in Gilbert and have for the last nine years. We bought one home in 1996, lived there eight years, sold it and built a new home in Gilbert last year. We've been in the new home 15 months and based on sales on our street our home has appreciated +$200K in just those 15 months. It's crazy here. We can't afford to buy our own home now at its current market value.
Gilbert is a great place to live but is feeling all of the effects of rapid growth: traffic congestion, lack of infrastructure keeping pace with population, etc. A lot of Gilbert is still agricultural open space - our subdivision is bounded on two sides by corn fields!
And yes, there are more and more refugees coming here from Kalifornistan. Unfortunately from what I can tell they're primarily economic refugees but tend to vote for DemoNcrat from...how else do we explain Governor bull-dyke and McCain?
When I was a kid, I thought San Francisco was the most perfect city in the US. I loved it. Then got to see the sloth and liberal policies soil the city. Broke mah heart.