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Old 06-12-2011, 11:07 PM
 
Location: Maricopa County, AZ
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I'm hoping to get a job there. To assist the moving expenses, I would have to sell the car and was considering taking the Hound there.
Even Trailways doesn't drive there anymore. Is there a Phoenix/Prescott line still around?
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Old 06-12-2011, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Southern Yavapai County
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There are several shuttles. Give it a Google.
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Old 06-13-2011, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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I'm hoping to get a job there. To assist the moving expenses, I would have to sell the car and was considering taking the Hound there.
Even Trailways doesn't drive there anymore. Is there a Phoenix/Prescott line still around?
If you do not have a car, how do you expect to get to work? Prescott is not exactly the mecca of public transportation.
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Old 06-13-2011, 11:48 AM
 
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If you do not have a car, how do you expect to get to work? Prescott is not exactly the mecca of public transportation.
I second that. This place is not downtown Phoenix, we do NOT have a light rail train and buses up here. You MUST have a vehicle up here.

Also, I would NOT move to Prescott without having a job lined up already. It can take months or even over a year to find a job. Plus the cost of living is much higher here than in Phoenix. It is 8% higher here than the national average. Prescott has higher grocery costs, housing costs and miscellaneous good and services costs. Unless you have thousands of dollars saved, I would not move here until you get a job lined up. You can end up in a world of hurt pretty fast.
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Old 06-13-2011, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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And like many towns in AZ the town is spread out and add to that the hills we have within town which would make commuting to and front work any distance for the young only.
And we are at some 5400" elevation average so if you are not used to that breathing could be a little tough for a little while.
Bus services are all but dead or so it seems. The days of taking the hound or Trailways is over.
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Old 06-16-2011, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Maricopa County, AZ
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And like many towns in AZ the town is spread out and add to that the hills we have within town which would make commuting to and front work any distance for the young only.
And we are at some 5400" elevation average so if you are not used to that breathing could be a little tough for a little while.
Bus services are all but dead or so it seems. The days of taking the hound or Trailways is over.
Tip o' the hat for answering my original question. The job is moot now, I did have a place to move to and was planning to get around on a Trek bike.

Thanks for all who have eyes of the obvious.
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Old 06-16-2011, 07:39 PM
 
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Tip o' the hat for answering my original question. The job is moot now, I did have a place to move to and was planning to get around on a Trek bike.
What happened? Did they give the job to someone else?

One thing I would NOT do is travel on foot or bike on either Highway 89 or 69. That is a DEATH WISH. Bikes are OK for side streets but if you have to get from one side of town to the other, sometimes Highway 69 or 89 is your only possible route.
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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Sure. as long as your commute does not involve going up one of the steeper hills in town.
Like I said, for the young at heart.
Sorry to see you did not get the job.
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Old 06-16-2011, 11:53 PM
 
Location: Maricopa County, AZ
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Sure. as long as your commute does not involve going up one of the steeper hills in town.
Like I said, for the young at heart.
Sorry to see you did not get the job.
It's the breaks in this job market. The job site was about a mile away with a Fry's and some major shops in the area. Would've worked beautifully.

Thumbs up again for the assist.
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Old 08-02-2011, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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I'm hoping to get a job there. To assist the moving expenses, I would have to sell the car and was considering taking the Hound there.
Even Trailways doesn't drive there anymore. Is there a Phoenix/Prescott line still around?

There have shuttle vans that can take you from Prescott to Phoenix. But Greyhound doesn't have a station in Prescott.

When I used to take the bus, I had to go all the way to Phoenix to get one.
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