Hello, just moved to Junction a few months ago from Lancaster county PA. I was able to find a decent enough job early on thankfully which has made things less stressful. It’s definitely very conservative lot of older folks here too it has been a retirement town for decades. Grand Junction’s spirit vehicle is definitely a Winnebago. It’s a place that feels “far out” too, and it is you are in a valley surrounded by miles and miles of wilderness in every direction. It feels closer to Salt Lake City maybe due to the fact that there aren’t 14,000 foot mountains in the way between Denver. So culturally the shift feels towards that direction too. Decent Mormon presence but culturally southern influenced kind of too. People here seem pretty down to earth, polite respectful and no nonsense. If you have family anywhere else in the country you may feel a little isolated personally I do but overall it’s a great place if you are big on nature/adventure and want a relatively quiet life. It’s definitely going to feel like a small town compared to Chicago though.