Review of Grand Forks, North Dakota


TERRIBLE place to live, property taxes and housing
Star Rating - 4/26/2007
If you only care about low crime rates then Grand Forks is a reasonably safe town. In every other category, this town is terrible. The largest employers are the University of ND and the Hospital, both places have nothing but low paying jobs, virtually all the doctors are foreign born and not enough of those. Health care costs are out-of-sight because there is no competition. Do your research, think twice before moving here!!
doug | Grand Forks, ND
Reply to this Comment

3 Replies


Well, if I get some input that convinces me that GF is worth at least a few years, I'll be one US-born doc in town. I have met a few more. But that is how it goes: Areas that have difficulty recruiting practitioners from the US have to go global. I encountered the same phenomenon when I trained in the rural South. Good, bad, ugly, or anything in between, if you know it first-hand from LIVING in GF, ND, or the immediate environs, please share the joy/misery. Many thanks!
Dr. Nick | St. Louis, MO | Report Abuse

Given the frigid attitude of the major players with whom I got to interact with for hours (and I am friendly and extroverted, so what was their problem?); given the huge distance from my kids; due to the insane price for flights to get anywhere; as a result of the poor opportunities for professional networking in my field; and due to many many more reasons including ridiculously poor remuneration for work (unheard of in other states, in fact, and that includes equally rural ones), I chose Saint Louis, Missouri. I am happy, and I hope that the folks in Grand Forks are happy too.
Dr. Nick | St. Louis, MO | Report Abuse

Grand Forks is a WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE!!
Dawn | Grand Forks, ND | Report Abuse
MORE REVIEWS OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
- 4/15/2019
Mindnumbing place to live
I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with t...
C | Grand Forks, ND | 1 Reply

- 4/8/2017
The Grand Adventure
I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the ...
James | Grand Forks, ND | No Replies

- 8/28/2013
Employment at UND
If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bu...
J | East Grand Forks, MN | No Replies

- 3/16/2013
A nice place, unless you dislike the cold
Grand Forks, ND is a nice place to live. A college town with nice people. My only complain...
Kayla | Grand Forks, ND | No Replies

- 7/10/2011
Living in GF
Great place in regards to the cost of living but limited in diverse activities....
Eyad | Grand Forks, ND | No Replies

- 5/23/2010
Nice clean family town
Have lived in the area for 20 years. Grand Forks, third largest city in North Dakota, is ...
Ruth | Grand Forks, ND | No Replies


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.