Kingman AZ? Is it really that horrible? (Tempe, Goodyear: estate, house)

[spyderman]

Awesome post Kdog.

[rambrush]

once again Kdog backs me up pretty darn good!

[XII]

This has been an interesting thread. I may be moving to Kingman....it depends on how the job interview goes next week.

[dremac]

I wanted to thank everyone who posted here. I think I am about to accept this job offer in Kingman and everything in this thread really helped.

[rambrush]

Welcome to Kingman!
There is now a spare space with honestmom moving on.

[kdog]

Wow, two job interviews happening in Kingman, and I think Spyderman is still looking out this way as well. Good luck to everyone!!

[spyderman]

We want to come out and drive around in April and go through Prescott and up around Kingman. Good luck on the interveiws

[dremac]

I have some minor questions, as I'm not sure how reliable the data out there is.

1)How often does it rain in Kingman? Is there ever heavy rain, like showers? Are there ever lightning and thunderstorms? The information about snow seems pretty consistent but I'm hearing different things about the rain. Can anyone who lives there let me know?

2) What's the high speed internet like in Kingman? Is it good enough for playing high intensity online games (like say, Starcraft 2 when it comes out)? I know there's local DSL but how good is it? None of the major companies I've ever used have service in the Kingman area.

3) I've heard bad things about the apartments in Kingman. If you were about to move there and prefer to live alone what would you do?

Thanks!

[kdog]

Originally Posted by dremac

I have some minor questions, as I'm not sure how reliable the data out there is.

1)How often does it rain in Kingman? Is there ever heavy rain, like showers? Are there ever lightning and thunderstorms? The information about snow seems pretty consistent but I'm hearing different things about the rain. Can anyone who lives there let me know?

Ok, this one's easy. Summers are almost completely dry, with the exception of monsoon season. Monsoon season is maybe four to six weeks during July/Aug. During monsoons, we may or may not get afternoon thundershowers, ranging from a sprinkle, to a major cloudburst of several inches of rain. Can you say "flooding? Some monsoon seasons are wetter than others, and some years we'll get very little rain during the monsoons. This past summer was pretty dry for example. I like the monsoons, the lightning displays are really cool.

Winters have occasional rain. Maybe one or two days every couple of weeks. Spring and fall are usually dry.

2) What's the high speed internet like in Kingman? Is it good enough for playing high intensity online games (like say, Starcraft 2 when it comes out)? I know there's local DSL but how good is it? None of the major companies I've ever used have service in the Kingman area.

Awesome. You have your choice of both cable and DSL, and they're both top-quality in terms of speed and reliability. I'm in IT, so my livelyhood depends on it and I know what I'm talking about here.

3) I've heard bad things about the apartments in Kingman. If you were about to move there and prefer to live alone what would you do?

I'll have to defer to others for that. However, I'd definitely look at renting a small house. Houses rent in the $600-$1,000 range.

Good luck!

[dremac]

Thank you very much for your answers kdog that is incredibly helpful.

Originally Posted by kdog

Monsoon season is maybe four to six weeks during July/Aug. During monsoons, we may or may not get afternoon thundershowers, ranging from a sprinkle, to a major cloudburst of several inches of rain.

This is the only part that is conflicting from other data. I've heard about this monsoon season as they call it, but on the city-data page for Kingman it shows pretty much a flat line for precipitation, never rising above 1 inch/month. Is the city-data page wrong?