Great views, and affordable place to live.
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7/30/2018
I have lived in Kingman for 2 years and like it. It has enough shopping and events to keep us busy. There are alot of new houses and businesses going up. It is not a big city, but it does have 4 grocery stores plus a super Walmart. Lots of restaurants to choose from fast food and mom and pop types along with chains like I-Hop, Chili's, and Golden Corral. For shopping we have Ross, Maurice's, JC Penney, 99 cent store, many dollar stores, payless shoes, and a couple of chain pet stores. The weather and views are great.We are cooler then Phoenix and LHC. Kingman is a mixed bag. Older nice homes and many newer homes priced in the 200,000- 400,000 dollar range as well as smaller homes and trailer parks. Kingman does have "Panhandlers" I have also seen the "panhandlers" when in Lake Havasu, Bullhead, and Phoenix. This problem is not exclusive to Kingman. Most of the people are friendly and many transplants from California. Plenty to do here. Hualapai mountains are great for escaping the heat, and enjoying hiking or a picnic in the pine trees. Some things we have enjoyed are: Chillin’ on Beale Street:
The monthly car show and block party in the downtown area on the third Saturday of each month from April through October, drawing classic car enthusiasts. Nice evening getting something to eat and walking around down town. Lots of antique stores to check out too. Craft shows in the Hualapai mountains, Route 66 museum, Downtown Kingman's First Friday: For this event they will have the usual pop-up parks, a family splash zone with eco-friendly water play good for all ages, lots of food and drink options, and more! Drive–In Theater Night: Movies will take place downtown at Southside Park in the lower parking lot near baseball field #2 and the Animal Shelter. Concessions will be available. Raffles, pre-movie music and other events. Sounds of Kingman: Free concerts 1x mos.at Metcalfe Park. Archery Competition, BMX Racing both at the Mohave county fairgrounds. 1x per month they have a meet & greet. Open to the general public, at this event you will have a great community networking opportunity, learn about association projects, Author Jim Hinckley will be speaking about the second European Route 66 Festival. This is sponsored by Route 66 Association. Saturday morning farmers market, Andy Devine days in September with a rodeo at the fairgrounds. Summer reading program at the library and Summer Wildlife Series - Amphibians & Reptiles of AZ, Stockton Hill Craft Fair & Swap Meet, Brews and Brats Oktoberfest October 2018, Black Bridge brewery has events often like Bark & Brews, and 5th Anniversary Glow Party. Desert diamond distillery, Cella winery, Stetson winery, Grand Canyon Caverns, southwest Alpacas. This is just some of the things we have done. I know there are more. I always laugh when people say there is nothing to do. Plus you can always drive to LHC, Bullhead, Laughlin. Always something happening. Not to mention the hiking you can do. You won't be bored unless you choose to be. You can also go to the visitors center and pick up lots of info about the area and things to do like the Bonneli house, RR Museum, historic downtown tours (given by Jim Hinkley), Mohave County Museum. In closing some people only see the negative. Plenty of good people in this town with a mix of what I call "characters"
Richard | Kingman, AZ