moving to kingman

Can any Kingmanites tell me if Kingman is a good safe place to retire to? What are the bad things about living in Kingman?

i will be in the same boat as u

Sam,is that one of the bad things about living in Kingman?

Kingman, AZ is a great place to live! It still have the small town feeling, low cost of living, mild weather, and good people. I downside would be it has limited shopping, but this has been changing over the last 1-2 yrs. Super Walmart, Home Depot, Staples, Petco, and others major chains are in the works. I have been here for 15 yrs and have seen most of the improvements in the last 18 months. If you would like more informaiton, please feel free to contact me pambender@gmail.com

slyda wrote:

Can any Kingmanites tell me if Kingman is a good safe place to retire to? What are the bad things about living in Kingman?

Kingman is like all cities. Pick what part of the city that you want to live with care. In general it is considered a very safe place.

Pam, and Irv, Thank you for your responses.

WOW,reading on Topix.net , Kingman and Golden Valley may have a water crisis in the near future! Anyone have any more info on water?

I'm a local realtor and based on the information I've gotten, the Golden Valley area in there are two different aquafers one with 800,000 acre feet the other more to the south has 1.5 mil acre feet. There are 14 active wells with large tanks in the area. Alos Mohave County has 1000 miles of Colorado River water rights. Those rights currently are not used and are sold to teh other cities in the soutwest. I saw the article also concerning the 15000 acre feet per usage. There's alot of water in the area. Not opinion only facts.

I am interested in moving to Golden Valley, on the southwest side around Egar and Bolsa. Anyone have any thoughts to this area. I just love the mountain view. Any thoughts to this area growing fast?

slyda wrote:

Can any Kingmanites tell me if Kingman is a good safe place to retire to? What are the bad things about living in Kingman?

Bullhead City, Arizona - Mohave County Sheriff's Crime Report
http://www.laughlinnevadaguide.com/archive1.h...

Babs, Thank you very much for that link!!!

Dave, Thank you for the info on water.

What will happen in 4 or 5 years if the rate of growth stays the same? With no rain the water is not replaced. We are using more water than we are getting replaced each year.

Thanks Dave for the great information. Has anyone contacted the newspaper to clarify that article? as it came across as if there is a great water shortage. What should especially be told is the 1000 miles of Colorado River water rights that are not being used, but sold to other regions.

John

Dave wrote:

I'm a local realtor and based on the information I've gotten, the Golden Valley area in there are two different aquafers one with 800,000 acre feet the other more to the south has 1.5 mil acre feet. There are 14 active wells with large tanks in the area. Alos Mohave County has 1000 miles of Colorado River water rights. Those rights currently are not used and are sold to teh other cities in the soutwest. I saw the article also concerning the 15000 acre feet per usage. There's alot of water in the area. Not opinion only facts.

I also was glad to read Dave's piece on the water issue in Kingman and Arizona.

Well, it seems that drug use, and the crime that goes with it, is a much bigger problem than lack of water.

Will anyone comment on drugs, crime, and illegal immigrants, in Kingman?

slyda wrote:

Will anyone comment on drugs, crime, and illegal immigrants, in Kingman?

This site should answer some of your questions
http://www.laughlinnevadaguide.com/archive1.h...

DUI, Babs, I see you're in Oatman. I visited Oatman years ago. I found it to be a cozy town with burros in the streets, and a gun fight in the afternoon. Is it still so?

Shelley wrote:

I am interested in moving to Golden Valley, on the southwest side around Egar and Bolsa. Anyone have any thoughts to this area. I just love the mountain view. Any thoughts to this area growing fast?

It is beautiful on this side of the valley as we live right at the front of the mountains on shinarump,with that being said I despise the way theivery is going on here my oldest son had a brand new atv stolen right by our front door,we heard alot were being stolen so tack everything down and you will love it here.