After 7 years of trying to make a living in Ouray County, the Williams family is moving back to Texas with their 11-year-old daughter, Jenna, and their dog, Cheyenne. During their time here, Bryan and Shannon Williams moved five times, bought and sold a house they couldn't afford to keep, pinballed between jobs and regularly had second and third jobs to make ends meet. The last straw was when their current landlord raised the rent from $1,200 to $1,800 per month.
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Citing housing costs, family pulls plug on dream of living in Ouray
The scrapbook from Bryan and Shannon Williams’ honeymoon includes a photo of them in the San Juan Mountains, newlyweds captivated by the sight of Mt. Sneffels and the forest.
“Someday we’ll live here,” she captioned the photo.
Thirteen years later, they’re packing up. They realized they can’t afford their dream of living in Ouray County.
They came with college degrees, plans to get jobs and live a simpler life, to have their daughters go to school and become part of the community.
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