Flagstaff has changed...A LOT (Prescott, Sedona: construction, restaurants, health care)

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by Slater

I'm curious to see the traffic around the new In-And-Out burger when it finally opens. Wonder if it'll put pressure on the nearby Five Guys?

No doubt there will be throngs of people making a pilgrimage, but after a few weeks the thrill will wear off and only the former Kalifornians will be frequenting the place.

Just watch. It's not like they have a following like Hateful Chicken.

RM

[Hschlick84]

Originally Posted by MortonR

No doubt there will be throngs of people making a pilgrimage, but after a few weeks the thrill will wear off and only the former Kalifornians will be frequenting the place.

Just watch. It's not like they have a following like Hateful Chicken.

RM

I'm a Nebraska native and love In N Out, much better quality that just about every burger chain out there. There are rumors In N Out expanding into southern Wyoming. The word is spreading.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Californians bring Starbucks? S'bux has nothing to do with California (except it absorbed the Bay Area coffee brand: Peet's, which is a superior product, truth be told). Starbucks is from Seattle. Are you sure it's not Seattle area transplants to Flag that you're seeing, masquerading as Californians?

For three years in the 1980s.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by MortonR

It's all about demographics, not the source of the population influx. This is a good reason why there's a Costco in Prescott and not in Flagstaff. There aren't enough old rich white people on Flagstaff to support one.

Also, many of the CA license plates you see in Flagstaff belong to out of state NAU students, too, they're not necessarily people who have moved here.

Having lived in SFO I would concur about Peet's vs. Starbucks.

RM

[Desert kid]

I still kick myself for not going to NAU for school, dad kinda threatened me into not going.

But, here we are 14 years later and I've been accepted there, and the place looks radically different than it did in 2010.

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by Desert kid

I still kick myself for not going to NAU for school, dad kinda threatened me into not going.

But, here we are 14 years later and I've been accepted there, and the place looks radically different than it did in 2010.

Last time I saw it before I moved here was 1991! It looked very, very different a few years ago when I returned. Of course, so did a lot of other stuff, too.

It's still a wonderful place, a bit hectic around NAU, but the small town vibe and wonderful people are everywhere.

RM

[WiringGuru2]

Originally Posted by TheSheepleWillHaveTheirSa

rapid changes have left it being a bit "soul-less" and not what it was.
YMMV.

Same for Prescott. They're gonna keep developing it until there's a million people here.

[Desert kid]

Originally Posted by MortonR

Last time I saw it before I moved here was 1991! It looked very, very different a few years ago when I returned. Of course, so did a lot of other stuff, too.

It's still a wonderful place, a bit hectic around NAU, but the small town vibe and wonderful people are everywhere.

RM

Oh yeah, I just got back from there last week.

It's drastically changed, bigger, and the NAU campus has lots of little robots running around on it.

[Bergman]

Originally Posted by WiringGuru2

Same for Prescott. They're gonna keep developing it until there's a million people here.

Almost retired there fifteen years ago, but put-off seeing what a mess Prescott Valley had become, and reckoned Prescott wouldn't be far behind. Did a stint in Camp Verde near a pecan farm. Will keep my past memories of Flag, Sedona, Cottonwood and Prescott.

Especially miss that drive in winter across snow-dusted Mingus mountain when RV's and loud motorbikes absent.

To those who stayed I say enjoy those lovely Fall days on Courthouse Square lolling about with the dogs while reading a Zane Gray paperback.

Sad Sedona. It really went corporate more than ever, and what's up with all that signage in and out of town. Looks trashy as all get out.

As the song goes, "Things ain't what they used to be."

[NDak15]

Originally Posted by Bergman

Almost retired there fifteen years ago, but put-off seeing what a mess Prescott Valley had become, and reckoned Prescott wouldn't be far behind. Did a stint in Camp Verde near a pecan farm. Will keep my past memories of Flag, Sedona, Cottonwood and Prescott.

Especially miss that drive in winter across snow-dusted Mingus mountain when RV's and loud motorbikes absent.

To those who stayed I say enjoy those lovely Fall days on Courthouse Square lolling about with the dogs while reading a Zane Gray paperback.

Sad Sedona. It really went corporate more than ever, and what's up with all that signage in and out of town. Looks trashy as all get out.

As the song goes, "Things ain't what they used to be."

How did Sedona go corporate?