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09-13-2007, 08:44 AM
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Bullish on Kingman
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Kingman, AZ
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Originally Posted by katie45
Didn't care for Kingman at all. Just a "passing through" town as far as I'm concerned. If you like big trains there is one in the park...can't think of anything else there to see or do. Sorry, just not my kind of place. But, it's all relative isn't it?  |
And from a different thread today....
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Originally Posted by katie45
Would never live in:
Bakersfield, CA
Taft, CA
Needles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Barstow, CA
San Jose, CA
San Francisco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Phx, AZ
Tuscon, AZ
Kingman, AZ
Ashfork, AZ
Holbrook, AZ
Tuba City, AZ
Tucumcari, NM
Amarillo, TX
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Oklahoma City, OK
Tulsa, OK
Joplin, MO
Springfield, MO
Bolivar, MO
Humansville, MO
Clinton, MO
Nevada, MO
Kansas City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Columbia, MO
Kansas City, KS
Wichita, KS
Emporia, KS
Topeka, KS
Salina, KS
Manhattan, KS
Lincoln, NE
Fargo, ND (or anywhere in ND)
Des Moines, IA
Ames, IA
Chicago, IL
NYC, NY
NJ (entire state)
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburg, PA
Washington D.C.
Atlanta, GA
Tullahoma, TN
Nashville, TN
Birmingham, AL
Anywhere in FL
Love to live:
Anywhere in HI
Monterey, CA
Napa Valley, CA
Asheville, NC
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Thank you for your valued input. 
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09-13-2007, 09:18 AM
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The land of bougainvillea, citrus and palm trees
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Mesa, Az
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Re: Katie45's comments; I would rather live in Kingman, at least downtown  vs. most of Hawaii------and, I have never visited that state.
I have heard little but horror stories about Honolulu  |
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09-13-2007, 10:23 AM
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Bullish on Kingman
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Kingman, AZ
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Oh, but Monterey is so nice -- if you like 300 days/year of coastal fog and 50 to 60 degree temperatures. Sunshine for me, please.  |
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09-13-2007, 05:16 PM
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Member
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kingman, AZ
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Sheesh! Is it any wonder that she's divorced!?!
And from a different thread today....
Quote:
Originally Posted by katie45
Would never live in:
Bakersfield, CA
Taft, CA
Needles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Barstow, CA
San Jose, CA
San Francisco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Phx, AZ
Tuscon, AZ
Kingman, AZ
Ashfork, AZ
Holbrook, AZ
Tuba City, AZ
Tucumcari, NM
Amarillo, TX
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Oklahoma City, OK
Tulsa, OK
Joplin, MO
Springfield, MO
Bolivar, MO
Humansville, MO
Clinton, MO
Nevada, MO
Kansas City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Columbia, MO
Kansas City, KS
Wichita, KS
Emporia, KS
Topeka, KS
Salina, KS
Manhattan, KS
Lincoln, NE
Fargo, ND (or anywhere in ND)
Des Moines, IA
Ames, IA
Chicago, IL
NYC, NY
NJ (entire state)
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburg, PA
Washington D.C.
Atlanta, GA
Tullahoma, TN
Nashville, TN
Birmingham, AL
Anywhere in FL
Love to live:
Anywhere in HI
Monterey, CA
Napa Valley, CA
Asheville, NC
Thank you for your valued input.
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10-13-2007, 10:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tnp
Is there a shortage of rental homes in Kingman? Everywhere else in Arizona I'm finding plenty of rentals, but when I do a rental search on two of the best sites, there is not one rental house that shows up for Kingman or Golden Valley. Strange.
Does anyone know if Sunward Ho Ranches in the N. Stockton Hill area is a good part of town? I assume it's a mobile home area, because the listing I'm looking at is a mobile home, which is all I can afford in Arizona. Was wondering if it's a safe and clean area?
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Sunward Ho Ranches is about 10 minutes from town. I have a greqat place there for sale it hasw 2.12 acres, fenced, i AM extrememly motivated. PLEEEEEEEze email
me ASAP if you are looking to buy. I have an assumable loan at 7percent with Wells Fargo. Email me and I will tell you all about it if you want. it is quiet clean and safe and my home is great. lbahama_062yahoo.com....please
i dont' mean to sound despartate, ther is absulutly nothing wrong with the property, it 1506 sq ft, Please make my day. YOU CAN HAVE HORSES TOO!
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10-13-2007, 10:52 PM
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I hate Kingman too. I have a daughter too. The daycares are mostly nasty. The weather sux. The people loud and rude. I guess if you are a redneck or Morman it is OK. I hate the wind I can't breathe and I hate the dust and dirt. I hate the stupid people who can't put together two sentences, hate waiting in line for 40 minutes if 5 people are ahead of me because everyone has to talk
like its old home week. If you feel education is a priority, then forget the public schools. The realtors are all on the back porch drinking lemonade. Nothing is selling becasue they dont do a thing
to advertise or beat the bushes, If you like a real laid back lifestyle with nothing to do but knit bake eat ride horses its OK I guess. I am nearly 60 and I am too old for this. half of the things are broken in Kingman....no once seems to care...if you have ever lived in a place where there is customer service, beyond some dumb clerk pointing off to the horizen itw over there, do not come to Kingman. I want to sell my ranch. Its really a good price and a nice homestead with instant equity of 50K. I just want to get out with somthing to get my children a decent education before I die.
it is blazing hot in the summer and gets to 22 in the winter, the food is overpriced and horrible quality, the wind and allergens are all over. The town is dirty and everyone gets sooooo sick all winter long. There is a little college, a little Hospital, but if you are really sick you have to find specialist somewhere else and go to Pheonix or LV. Most people here shop out of town or on the internet.
You can find no clothes for the awful winter, except maybe 40 parkas total for about 3 weeks, then they are all sold out. I am going nuts with boredom here. There are alot of churches, if you hook up with a good church you might have things to do. There are Mormans here, Lions, Masons, Babtists, and people do wear guns here. I have lived here a long time and I want out!!!!!!!!!
If you are overweight, don't worry about it, most of the clothes here are for overweight people. If you don't have clothes, don't worry about it, everyone wears t shirts and jeans.
There is alot of Meth here as well. The Latins are coming in the droves. But if you like a little50K population town, that is antigrowth, and you are a homebody I guess it is OK.
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10-13-2007, 11:00 PM
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Kingman
When the real estate market goes back up, current investors are going to clean up! You can pick up a new home for 140 and make a 100K when it goes back up.
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10-13-2007, 11:35 PM
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I have never lived in LV so compared to LV maybe it is good, depending on what you are looking for or where you grew up.
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10-13-2007, 11:52 PM
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It sounds like you like Kingman. You have a pool?? It is my understanding that there are only 3-4 homes with inground pools in Kingman.
I am glad you like it. I wish I could say the same. guess I haven't met the right people.
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10-13-2007, 11:59 PM
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Honolulu is the tourist attraction town. I lived in Hawaii for nearly 2 years, long ago. It is beautiful. I never lived in Honolulu, that is just for the tourists.For me the sunsets, the waterfalls, the spirit that is in the air, is awesome.
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