Kingman Arizona

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Let’s hear the good bad and ugly about Kingman. I’m liking the difference in weather from Bullhead, Fort Mohave area.
 
Bansh lives there. Snuff said... 😂

Kingman is pretty busy since it's on the I-40. You do have a fair amount of services and roughly an hour/hour and half from Vegas. I have heard that being on the I-40 brings more riff raff, I can't quantify that though. I did use their hospital not too long ago. Very good service.
 
Kingman is cooler during the summer and has some cool places to go for food on Beale street (Rickety Crickets, Grand Canyon Brewery). Hualapai mountains are a close cool get away during the summer. If your more offroading and not into boating then Kingman is great. We picked Bullhead because we are on the River with a private community launch ramp. Our boat is on a dock most of the summer. I still work so my commute to Vegas Airport is also alot shorter than Kingman or Havasu. For Hospitals it seems the life flights go to Vegas.
 
Kingman is like any town it has it ups and downs. Lots of homeless because of the I40. Your dollar seems to go pretty far when looking at houses. There are a few decent places to eat. I can tell you the wind blows harder here than anyplace else I have ever lived lol.
 
Been here since the end of August. Reminds me a lot of East County San Diego where I lived for 48 years. Similar to Santee.
Very small. You can drive anywhere across Kingman in 15min.
People are really nice. Tons of off-roaders. Kinda white trashy but in a good way. Working class.
Got an oldtown/downtown with some restaurants and shops. Assortments throughout the city. No mall or department stores though.
Seems to be a lot of vagrants but not a homeless scene you see in cities. I have not seen a tent anywhere in town. I assume most stay in a halfway house somewhere and get shoved out each morning.
LOTS of old people.
Weather has been awesome. Was warm in August but nothing I wasn't used to. This winter was really mild. Think I saw 31°, one morning. Some wind but I've had way worse out in Campo, CA.
Lots of room to spread out and explore. Great hiking and biking. Hualapai Mountains are 20 min away. Vegas 2 hours away. Laughlin, Havasu and Bullhead less than an hour away.
Plenty of riding and open desert right out your driveway from pretty much anywhere in the city.
Trying to get some friends and family to move out here. I'm a little bored not having my drinking buddies.
We're in escrow on a house right now. Just over 500k that would be 900-1M in SD.
 
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NEVERENOUGH said:
Kingman is like any town it has it ups and downs. Lots of homeless because of the I40. Your dollar seems to go pretty far when looking at houses. There are a few decent places to eat. I can tell you the wind blows harder here than anyplace else I have ever lived lol.
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blows harder in bullhead for sure
 
"Birdland" is supposed to be the ghetto. White Ghetto though. Tweekers stealing from tweekers it sounds like. Streets are names after birds. Still haven't been through that exact area.
There's a wild looking neighborhood just the other side if the tracks from downtown. Apocalyptic, dotted with average looking houses. Some homes are literally feet from railroad tracks.

There's a Golf Course neighborhood in the middle city and another one north of town. Everything towards outskirts have bigger plots but there's a lotta nice neighborhoods throughout the city.

Once again, it's small. Trains, street racers and off-roaders are heard throughout the day and night. The sound fades depending on where you are.
 
Bansh88 said:
"Birdland" is supposed to be the ghetto. White Ghetto though. Tweekers stealing from tweekers it sounds like. Streets are names after birds. Still haven't been through that exact area.
There's a wild looking neighborhood just the other side if the tracks from downtown. Apocalyptic, dotted with average looking houses. Some homes are literally feet from railroad tracks.

There's a Golf Course neighborhood in the middle city and another one north of town. Everything towards outskirts have bigger plots but there's a lotta nice neighborhoods throughout the city.

Once again, it's small. Trains, street racers and off-roaders are heard throughout the day and night. The sound fades depending on where you are.
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butler area is no good either. Birdland steer clear
 
We stayed overnight in Spillman Arizona in the RV park several years ago. The next morning when checking out the lady gave me a keychain that said “I survived 1000 trains”. I remember telling her I didn’t think it was so bad or so noisy and she laughed and said well that was because the spur had been closed for a couple of days for repairs. I don’t know for sure but it kind of sounds like those trains probably go through Kingman as well. I thought it might be just something to be aware of. Good Luck on the move.
 
ROBERT L said:
Looks like we’re going to be neighbors 🤣. Made an offer today.
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Hey Bro, let's party!
Trains are a constant. Downtown has 2 sets of tracks going both directions that run pretty constant. North/East side of town not as busy or close.
From my current place I hear a light rumble throughout the night. Luckily the trains round here rarely blow horns. Rancho is about double the distance so should be quiet
 
Bansh88 said:
Where at? We're headed into the Rancho Santa Fe hood.
Someone a couple blocks down has a garage full of desert trucks.
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He is alittle ways out of the town area towards the mountain. Has an acre or so. In a Neighborhood but Nice Hood or at least it was the last time I was there. He digs going out in the Desert not far from his Place and goes shooting all the time..

I am still trying to put together to get into my Uncles house in GV right behind the IWX trucking plant.. My aunt still lives there but not sure for how much longer as she is getting along in age and I have stated for Years I want that place. Tried to rent a room from her a year or so ago but hasn't worked out yet
 
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