Ashfork, Arizona - Water Situation?

[ashforkrockclimber]

I travel all over the US for work, and I live in Ashfork AZ, actually I live Kaibab estates west, which most of the roads all county maintained, we have power and phone lines and soon we will have broadband from quest, So what if Ashfork's town is a ****e hole, I just got back from LaJolla CA, talk about a bigger **** hole, tons of snooty people,traffic,smog,crime, and ugly desert, if it was not for water brought in from eslsewhere LaJolla and San Diego would be a wasteland, Having to HAUL H2O to our house is not that big of deal.
Infact it is only 2 hrs to phx or vegas to get on a plane.
When I was working in Boston a couple of months ago it was common to find people driving up to 3 hrs to get to work(in the most congested traffic)(made me want to go postal).
So if Ashfork is not you're cup of tea, and you are the typicall fat american who is not self -reliant, and needs constant distractions from life, please do us a favor and don't move here.
If what you want,are movies,shopping, expensive 5-star hotels/clubs/restaurants,golfing. Move to Vegas or PHX.
Kingman sounds like a better fit- you're kind of soft/fat american town close to Vegas and California.
I love this place, the seasons are fantastic the people are generally nice(as long as you don't tread on thier property)(you may get shot).The soil in fantastic for growing vegi's(just add H2O).

[ashforkrockclimber]

Hmmm, don't believe everything you hear, Ashfork is a small western town that once had the nicest Fred Harvey Train depots in the west, however it was torn down by the railroad, and the town has struggled to survive.
I moved out to Kaibab estates a few years ago, and really love it out here, we have power,phone(land lines) as well as cell phones, and county maintained roads(mostly).
We have satelite tv/internet, broadband may come in a couple of years through Quest.
As for H2O if you live out here, expect to either haul it, or have one of the companies haul it for you.
Personally I haul water myself, I have my rig set to haul around 1200 galons of water at time, I drive to town, pump water from the filling station, drive back home and and fill my home cistern, with a pump.
The entire process takes about an hour, fact of life we all have chores, and when you have to haul water you generally don't grow grass lawns.So if you compare chores-mowing a lawn verses hauling water what takes longer?
I work all over the US and have to fly to my jobs, so I drive to Phx or Vegas, I average 21/2 hrs to PHX and 3 for Vegas, my driveway to the airline gate.
It takes me an hour to Flagstaff or Prescott(driving) at the speed limit.
If you want distractions close by ie:movies/hotels/clubs/hospitals/restaurants, or airports, move somehwere else.
However if you want freedom from traffic,smog,crime,etc. I would recomend moving here.
I have lived in Australia, south east Asia, and many places in America, and call Ashfork home, sure the town is a hole, but if you live out where we do, you might look at it differently.
As for retirees(or young ones like us) this place has four nice seasons, plenty of forest trails to hike,climb, atv, hunt, ski,jeepin', fishing, mtn bike.Most of my neibors are retired and if one needs a hospital and it is a real emergency they will call in the helicopter(air-medics).
As for property values, this place never really was in a bubble, unlike most other American towns/cities,as for recent history, a home in PHX may have been inflated twice as much of real value, ie my best friend owns a home in Cave Creek they paid 500k for it before the boom, and during that time it was re-appraised at over 955k, of cousre like most Americans like took out a home equity loan, bought new cars, put in a custom pool,patio,etc.And now most of the homes in thier gated communtiy are selling for less 400k.
My property value has increased maybe 5%-20% during that same time. My home is not a investment(money vehicle) I have stocks/bonds and other investments that earn a better return.
It is my opinion that Ashfork may never really become a big bustling town, who cares there are plenty of other distractions out here, just not the ones most fat americans want(like fast food, malls, etc).
Just my opinion, if you don't like Ashfork don't move here.Just remember we can bash you're town just as easy.
Anthony

[Zonie5]

good response . i too live in KEW . my house is on the market . when it sells i will move to Laredo . having lived here 15+ years i have seen just about everything . on evenngs in summer i sit on my back deck and enjoy no smog view all the way to Preskitt .
i haul my own water , built my own road by hauling cinders myself . i am happy here as can be .

[Heavenbound38]

Wow, great information. Our property in Ash Fork is in escrow now and I am 38 years old and think out of the box and I would love to live off the grid. But if growth comes my way I will sell my property to someone like LordBalfor (teehee) for top dollar and buy acreage further out until I need to sell for top dollar again.

[simmslaw]

We purchased 21 ACRES of land in Ash fork because we wanted a place to relax and have fun. I like the small town feel of the City. I plan on spending all my time watching elk, rabbits, and birds. Our kids love the place. There's bad and good in lots of things and Ash fork is fun recreational place.