Kingman - community, conservative
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7/5/2022
You have to know what you are signing up for when you move to a place like Kingman. I’ve lived all over the country and in many big cities. Prior to Kingman we lived in a small, rural, mountain town in California that didn’t resemble anything about California.
Kingman has a small town vibe but is growing. There is a lot of home construction and people moving in to escape some of the craziness of the last few years and looking for a place that respects our freedoms as citizens of this country. Many locals don’t like this because 1. They don’t want the town to grow to big, we don’t want it to become another “city”. 2. They don’t want people from other places coming in and trying to change everything to be like the place they escaped from. I tend to agree with both.
There’s just enough here to have all your essential needs covered. If you want Target, you’ll drive 45-60 minutes. Vegas is about 1.5 hours. Grand Canyon west is less than 1.5 hours. There is beauty and wildlife all around you. People are generally kind, there is a sense of community here and if the going gets rough, we will stick together and look out for one another. Arizona is a right to carry state, you’ll see a lot of people carrying their pistols in the grocery store. If that bothers you don’t move here. I feel rather safe seeing law abiding citizens exercising their right to carry.
You’ll notice some pan handler types around the exit ramps and sometimes at the entrances to parking lots like Walmart. This town is off the 40 and the 66. Lots of passerby’s and vagabond types will
Make there way through town. I don’t love that, it is what it is. At one point I lived on an area of CA with million dollar homes and peoples homes are being broken into left and right there. Cars are being stolen daily. Catalytic converters being cut off non stop. It’s literally happening everywhere. Crime is bad right now, we all know why.
If you are looking for small town life, in a more conservative area where you can live more freely, and have less government involvement in your life, it’s a nice place.
If you think Biden is doing a great job, you won’t be happy here. Stay where you are.
Julie | Tehachapi, CA