A
boom and bust town off the
15 freeway in north San Bernardino county,
California. The city was built as a
trade route along route
66 and then again during WW2 with the air base. Since the
late 1980's Victorville has experienced 3 distinct booms and busts.
Cycle 1: 1987-1996
In the
late 1980's inco homes and other builders
broke ground around the newly built mall of victorvalley. The residents at this time were old timers who lived there from the 30's to 70's and the newcomers who moved from down the hill or other southern CA counties.
Cycle 2: 2003-2008
The end of the 1990's or between 2002-2007 brought a new wave of home builders and expansion to the city and greatly increased its size. Unfortunately the people who bought homes relied on
low gas prizes, easy credit and no doc. mortgages to buy homes. This new wave came from Los Angeles and many other troubled cities in Southern CA to the High Desert.
Cycle 3: 2009-2011
The current cycle from 2008-2011 consists of the remaining population who found some way to survive in the High Desert who did not lose their home and has some type of good
job in the area and also investors and new wealth from outside the area that can afford to live in the high desert and take advantage of the property bargains.
