Everybody wants to live in Tahiti and be five minutes from downtown Manhattan. There ain't no such place (and I know...I've looked). But after 42 years in Prescott, I've never regretted the move.
Keeping an eye on moving to Prescott for years from the Phoenix valley, I totally agree with the cons. Unless you can work remote for a bigger company for higher pay, be a business owner or afford retiring there, the local pay won't be even close to affording a house there.
Very accurate description. I moved here about 3 years ago. Love Prescott.. but yes, It's tuff unless you are retiring and have already made your money in life. Still love it though
We fell in love with Prescott and relocated here from New Mexico, but even 7 years ago we couldn't afford a house in Prescott, so we bought in nearby Chino Valley, and our modest manufactured home has doubled in value, which is nuts! We love The Palace and Park Plaza, the Arts & Crafts Shows, and Watson Lake. Because this is such a retirement destination, most of the jobs are service jobs - retail and restaurant jobs and there is no affordable housing for people earning less than six figures. I actually have to drive to Phoenix once a week for my government job (I telework the rest of the time), which sucks, but I only have 3 more years to go before I retire. Now that we have been here awhile, we complain about the traffic when we come into town, just like the locals! There is definitely a lot of California-hating, so if you move here from there, don't tell anyone.
Funny l heard most of Arizona is full of people from all parts of the US not everyone there is a native. So tired of hearing people hate on Californians heck if we agreed with BS there we wouldnt be re-locating elsewhere period! California is a beautiful state too bad its bring run from the wrong people. Also Arizona isnt perfect nor does it sound like some of the people are either. Thats the problem with the world today everyone likes judge others ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED BY GOD for not loving one another as he commanded us too.🤙
@Sue Arellano I don't think it needs any explanation on why people are hating on California. People are leaving in record numbers. The problem Arizona, Texas, etc. has; is that if you do not like California's politics, crime, and culture, and you decide to leave. You all idiots start voting on the same policies and polititions that you left California for. Look at Austin Texas as an example. Nobody I know or have talked to about this subject ever wants to see a license plate from California. Stay in California, thanks.
As a native, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be divorced from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
We've been coming to visit family in Phoenix for 20 years. And, beginning last year, we are now "Snowbirds". But have NEVER been in Prescott. So I'm just getting info to spend a day. I've seen this, and your best things to do in Prescott videos. I'm very impressed. Your suggestions fit people of all interests, and seem very honest. Thanks! You've helped us know what to do on our daytrip.
I have enjoyed my Prescott visits in the past and even looked at real estate there around 2011 but decided not to move there. I felt that it was too isolated for me in various ways. I did not like the idea of having to drive to Phoenix to catch a flight and if i wanted to go anywhere outside of the city, there would be too much driving to get there. I am also an asthmatic which is a HUGE negative with all the wildfires, high winds, and the pollens that spread from those trees and shrubs.
We like the isolation. Lived in Phx for 15 years and they can have it. Sure it would be nice to have more flights outta Prescott but aside from that, if we have to go to Phx more than once a month, that’s too often. Thanks for watching!
@@livinginprescott I agree with you! I will take Prescott over Phoenix ANY DAY! I have relatives and friends in Gilbert and Mesa who love it there for their jobs, family members, recreation and other reasons. But they also have the INTENSE summer heat to deal with each year and last year, that area set some heat records with all those days over 110 degrees!!! No thanks!! 😵
I would add that Prescott has a great art community, with many local artists, annual artist studio tours, lots of galleries, and Mountain Artist Guild.
Agree with most of what you said. I spent my summers as a kid living with my grandparents on a ranch outside of Prescott. My great grandparents were original pioneers in Prescott. They moved there in the 1860 s. It was the Dearing ranch out past Thumb butte. I love Prescott. Visit at least once a year. My ancestors definitely have history in Prescott. I have friends from California ,who now live in Prescott.
I've now watched most of your videos and you guys do a good job giving an idea of what the areas are like and the culture. Thank you so much! Because of your video's, Prescott Valley has made it on the list of potential places to relocate to.
As a native, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be divorced from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
My daughter is moving to Prescott Valley today! I am sad about it, but it's what they want to do. They bought land there as well and will be building a house at some point. They want us to move there too, but after looking around there last Dec., we discovered that we cannot afford a house there. So we will just enjoy visiting there for now.
@@livinginprescott They are on their way! Should be there by midnight. They are renting a house in Prescott Valley for now as my son in law will still be commuting back to CA for 3 years yet. They bought 2 acres in Prescott Valley and plan to build a house once he retires as he plans to get another job then in AZ. I don't remember exactly where the property is though. It is in some sort of new development. You could get a prairie lot or a mountain lot. They chose a prairie lot. It was very windy when we were there in Dec.
@@livinginprescott I don't remember if that is it or not. We will be visiting them in Sept. so I am sure they will show it to us again. It's not our cup of tea as we do not like CC&Rs or HOAs. But they don't mind them so they are happy to have a property there.
@@darleneneville8884 It is too bad. We were there again last Oct. and houses still way too expensive. We are going again in May but don't have any hopes of finding anything affordable. We will just stay put in CA for now I suppose. We are missing our grandkids growing up, but we can't afford half a million dollars for a fixer upper. Not every house in CA sells for a million dollars, so we will be on a tight budget. We even thought about Pine Lakes but the lot rent is over $1000 per month and that does not include any utilities. I live beside a senior mobile home park and they own the land and pay $250. That includes their water and trash, a laundry room and they maintain all the roads and plow in the winter. So $1000 is absurd. It's a beautiful area, but I am beginning to think we will not be able to afford to move there ever. And my daughter and son in law can not afford to build their house now. The builder gave them a price of $400 per sq foot. Insane!!!!
Yes, Fairgrounds RV park in Prescott Valley is very reasonable and offers year round. They sometimes have a wait list however I will say persistence is key! We have had many clients stay there while building.
I’ve lived here 31 years. If you’re retiring and have endless $$$ then you’re fine. If you’re actually working and having to support a family here,😂 get ready to work 2-3 jobs, because that’s what it takes. Stay in Prescott too, you enter PV, they have a military regiment, not officers. Once a great place. Cons are too great now. Peoples attitudes are terrible here, but… 2-3 jobs you see why. For all you retired folk ENJOY! But please… get out of the left lane 😂
We moved our young family here 33 years ago. Our grown sons served in the military, went to college, married, and are raising their children in more affordable parts of the country, which is sad since Prescott is a wonderful area to raise children.
That is sad as it is a wonderful place to live. We are hearing this about many areas all across the country. It is becoming all too common. Thanks for watching.
Great video. I live in Prescott Valley and often visit the Prescott lakes and other parks to do landscape photography. While I love living in the area and feel the pros outweigh the cons, I do agree with all the cons you mentioned. Especially the traffic.
@@davidconrad7218 Prescott Valley was founded in 1966. I was born in Phoenix in and have lived in Arizona for more than fifty years. To my knowledge, there are actually more antelope now than there were in the 60's an 70's.
Ex Californian here. My wife and I searched all over America on where to move too from the craziness of California. We bought a great house in the pines and love our neighbors and our new community. We're as loving and friendly as it gets. We're conservative and God fearing and felt at home here. Yes we brought our money from California, but we made it by working our asses off for years. We love it here and aren't going anywhere else. We bought an existing home here and hired local contractors for the remodel. We love it here, and yes many California transplants are rude and pushy but we feel we fit here.
I don't understand why anyone would describe themselves as, "God fearing". God is love and love doesn't come with the baggage of "fear". Trump is a fear monger. Far-right whack job Republicans are fear mongers. Joe McCarthy was a fear monger. Re-read the Bible and come up with your own interpretation. Christian hypocrites who indoctrinate their followers via fear and blind obedience are fear mongers and they make a damn good living dishing that garbage out to people who chose not to be critical thinkers.
No one cares if you're afraid of god. Matt 6:5: And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.@@chriscox896
We just got back from visiting Prescott again. We were there for a week and a half this time and really got to have a good look around. We would love to move there if the housing market drops down in the next few years. I have a question though. We currently live in a very small, 3000 population, mountain town. On the weekends or during events, the population swells to 10 or 12 thousand or more. It is horrific. People park where they shouldn't, walk in the middle of the streets and make it impossible to get into a restaurant or even order a pizza. Locals cannot enjoy local events due to the massive influx of tourists. We have to stay out of town during the weekends. And when it snows, it really gets bad. They also leave a ton of trash behind and our local merchants have to deal with cleaning it up. We are in an unincorporated part of our county and have no city government to handle these things. Since Prescott is obviously much larger than my little village, and I assume you do have a city government, do you find that things are like this in Prescott or are you better equipped to handle the influx of tourists? Can a local go out on a Saturday evening and enjoy a meal? Can you easily participate in local events? Even our little Halloween parade and festival for the kids has been taken over by the tourists. We have no trick or treat here, mountain terrain, lots of part time homes, no street lights etc., and so the merchants have a parade in town and pass out candy. However, many of them have quit doing it because so many tourists come up and they just can't afford to give candy to hundreds and hundreds of kids. Just curious how a local in Prescott feels about tourists and what their impact is on the town.
Fri Sat are always super busy, but by Sunday night it def gets back to a sleepier town. Thursdays you see things picking up for the weekend. The city handles tourists well, they won’t take any abuse, the young strong police will be at whiskey row in under 2 minutes if there any problems.
The Downtown area and major roads in and out of downtown become jammed with tourists and those with 2nd or 3rd homes in Prescott starting around 3pm on most Thursdays. Let's not sugarcoat it, Prescott is a tourist town populated by retirees. The largest employers are the hospital and the school district. The hospitality industry pays peanuts so local governments (run by home developers) are addicted to tax revenue and the easiest way to get that revenue is to position the town as a tourist destination. Whiskey Row is a joke...cheap tourist shops...tourist-only saloons for people who want to live out their wild west fever dreams and, of course, there are local bars that smell of stale beer populated with local day drinkers.
@@iainblack2975 "young strong police" ...now there's an interesting descriptor. The police station is 2 blocks off of Whiskey Row and after 150 years of arresting people on Whiskey Row of course the police are wise enough to pre-position officers near the area so they quickly respond.
Things wouldn't be so bad in Prescott if it weren't for the Chamber of Commerce DRAWING people here ALL THE TIME with their "special" events, festivals, craft shows, annual Corvette show, etc. They block off the streets around the courthouse regularly and it becomes a zoo downtown with vendor tents all around the courthouse and people EVERYWHERE. Check out the events calendar on line. If you can manage to dine and do your activities outside of the downtown area you might be OK.
The biggest con is that the overpopulation prescott is supposed to be a small historic town in Arizona people. "VISIT" instead people moved here and these California and Phoenix real estate people who are so used to renting property out at a high rate decided to buy apartments and such in prescott and boost the rent amd bam now our real estate goes up houses cost more rent cost more cost of living cost more I'm sure the people in the government benefiting financially on this is very happy with this boost and the biggest fact in history is before the 19 hotshot died we were trying to get in the map as the best retirement town or whatnot and all the sudden this unfortunate sad event happened with these 19 hotshot happened and now all the sudden we are in the map. You could visibly see the damage of the overpopulation done to our city not only does our natural forest look go away with every apartment built but we are getting less and less snow and rain we truly are turning into a little phoenix
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying. Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
You left out the large ghetto communities, massive over-development leading to the fact that we`re running out of water, the overwhealming number of rehabs and halfway houses, (which contribute to most the crime), the huge increase in homeless people hanging around (even in winter), the scary granite Creek corridor at night , the exceedingly overpriced rentals & land, and the worst of all , theres no Del Taco !
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment. You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying. Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment. You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying. Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
I lived in Prescott in 1968. I was 10 . I loved it. Because of all the outdoors and things to do. But how would it be now? 55 Years later? Lol Has to be better than Hell Hole California. Hopefully someday I will be able to get out I feel like I'm. In a Prison stuck here because of Family and other issues. But oh well. If I could only fly.
California transplants are moving in by droves and driving up housing prices so locals like my family who settled the area can afford to buy a decent home. Developments are taking over and ruining the landscape. Ranch lands are being sold off. It's no longer the charming cowboy town it was due to the hordes of people coming. They all want their specialty stores built so they can feel like they're in California. It's sad. My grandparents would be sad to see these changes if they were still around. Traffic is horrible compared to what it was. Instead of ranch people you see the rainbow colored hair types. Prescott is going downhill. It used be the neatest little Western town.
DO NOT MOVE HERE My mother who is a senior citizen forgot to ring up some items she was purchasing in the self-checkout, Walmart called Prescott Police, and all hell broke loose. The officer instructed my mother that she was being arrested for shoplifting. My mother who was confused why she was being arrested kept asking the officer “Why am I being arrested” “I didn’t mean to not ring those items up.” Instead of explaining the situation, he told her to stop playing dumb and let her know she was being arrested for shoplifting. My mother who was shook as she’s gone her whole life without being in trouble with the law, asked the officer again, “Why am I being arrested”. Cuffs were shackled around her wrists very tightly which caused her to flinch and scratch the police officer, which he assumed was intentional, and started spouting out “NOW YOU’RE GETTING A FELONY”. My mother who has gone 60+ years of her life is now facing two felonies and we’re unable to afford an attorney, we also found out from the public defender that since my mother “was resisting arrest” it wouldn’t matter how hard the officer shackled the cuffs around here wrists since he had to use the “appropriate force to detain the suspect” even though my mother is a senior citizen. My mother’s wrists have a ¼” bump from the cuffs and were black and blue when I picked her up. She’s never been a criminal, you guys didn’t need to take things this far. Take my advice and DO NOT move here, this town is terrible. Everyone walks around grumpy, and the police pick on law-abiding citizens, meanwhile pounds of fentanyl are being smuggled at the border killing someone new every day. This is the most depressing town I've ever lived in, it's like a depressing wild west town where cops abuse citizens. I can't tell you the number of stories I've heard
"My mother who is a senior citizen forgot to ring up some items she was purchasing..." Oh, puhleeeze! Your mom was shoplifting. She thought it was an easy score. "Everyone walks around grumpy..." No, they aren't. "...and the police pick on law-abiding citizens..." No, they don't. "...meanwhile pounds of fentanyl are being smuggled at the border killing someone new every day." Huh? Prescott isn't anywhere near the border. "This is the most depressing town I've ever lived in, it's like a depressing wild west town where cops abuse citizens. I can't tell you the number of stories I've heard" You're free to leave. And take your jailbird mom with you. OMG!
The cops are so bad here and they here have nothing better to do other than harass the locals! Their job is to arrest you, not HELP you. I got a warning once for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign! The police have to practically make things up to give you a ticket to make their monthly quotas. They are watching you!
I’ve lived 12 miles south of town up in the Bradshaws since 2011. To Californians thinking of relocating here: It’s horrible! You don’t want to live in this hot mess!
I agree, Californians don’t move to Prescott, stay in the state you destroyed and try and turn things around. Cons living in Prescott Horrible health care Weather sucks Getting very crowded To many tourists in the summer
Thank you, our Prescott place is right past Woody’s ( now called Gilligan’s) right by the Prescott Pines B&B, but to be honest they are about to start building a 18 home condo thing right at my turn off at Forest Hylands we’re the Alibertos used to be across from the Safeway. So even Obed there is not immune from development. Ugh. Love yo your video. Can you make a video of the local music scene on the weekends, seriously the musician community blows Phoenix weak live music away!
Live in Phx and bought a condo in 2016 in Prescott off of White Spar Road. Up here most weekends and all holidays, I’m a million times happier up here than down in the hell hole phoenix. I will say that the growth, particularly in Prescott Valley especially now, is obscene and obnoxious. They won’t be happy until all those beautiful rolling hills are developed. Very lucky living so close to Prescott National Forest, the greedy monster developers can’t do to much up here.🎃
Prescott Valley is turning into a night mare!Don't know who's idea it is for all these apts.They need their head examined! A beautiful place being destroyed over money in somebody's pocket.Stop building!!!!!❤
Been living up here for a year love it but my lease is up soon and there is nothing really in my price range , I will not be happy goin to chino or Dewey or PV 😢
Good video. I live in Prescott Valley. And that’s exactly how I say it. Pres-COTT. Not Preskitt. In a world where people say “there’s” when referring to more than one thing. Or say “at” at the end of their sentence. Then for me…it’s PresCOTT.
Historically, however, PresKITT is how it has been pronounced. That is how the New Englanders pronounced our namesake's surname. That comes straight from people of the William Hickling Prescott Society.
Been up there since 2006, much nicer then, less people. WAY too many Californians now, used to be fantastic. It has also wrecked the housing market up there as well. No longer affordable.
My poor town has gone to hell from all these damn realtors. Every little open spot they are ripping up and ruining it. Prescott was just a money maker for realtors and developers 😢
Most "Working people" live in Prescott Valley. Now My cousins "came into" some money from a death and my Aunt and two cousins moved to Prescott in that big house that was built off on Hereford and Iron Springs road in 2015 maybe. Its basically two identical houses built as one, both my cousins live there and my Aunt lives in the other house the original house thats 2 bed 2 bath, I'd rather live there but my cousins both work and are soaring, Lots of work if you have a skill in construction or you can do handyman type jobs.
The biggest con that wasn’t mentioned is health care. If you have preexisting or medical needs DON’T move to Prescott! I wouldn’t move here again and the weather is horrible.
Health care options are more limited but it's not Phoenix so I guess that's to be expected. But the weather...??? Horrible compared to what? Sure the spring is windy but it's the high desert, what did you expect? Thanks for the comment and watching anyway :)
I want everyone to realize bad traffic happens everywhere the problem isnt city or state related its the fact that prescott is a retirement town and people are on the road who shouldnt be
Prescott has a LOT of special events which draw people, and they block off the streets downtown. The traffic problems are created by the city government.
@@FerelWolfCat The city caused people to move there with all of their special events drawing people from all over the place, causing them to discover the city. Do you know the history and purpose of the Rose Parade in Pasadena?
Fires can be bad. I lived in Dewey and had to leave due to evacuation. Real thing. Housing is insane for the area, mainly due to the large amounts of retirement folks moving into the area. Wages are the worst, all the retirement people will do the job for less, so don't move here expecting far wages. Traffic is uncalled for. You can't enjoy the down town and the drive from PV past the Costco into Prescott is crazy for such a small road. I think they should tax snowbirds more for moving into the area. They are wasting the water from the Aquafer and making this part of Arizona bad for locals. If you have even lived in Wyoming, the wind is not bad. It's lovely year round.
We had some good friends evacuated in the Dewey / Blue Hills area for a fire a few years back. Pretty scary. I agree with the traffic it’s a lot for our small towns. Thanks for watching!
I wonder if Colts BBQ is registering any complaints with the 6 day a week smoke from their massive BBQ ovens?? What is the impact of pollution from the constant wood burning there?
@@rocksforever66 How about you get real....nice. Neither of our comments says anything that you retorted to. What has "god fearing" have to do with anything? Again, nothing we said remotely touched on that subject. Bless your heart!
@@rocksforever66 God is a hoax. Nobody fears God. You relogos just ask for forgiveness right after your misdeeds and the slate is clean. You're no better than non-believers are.
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density. Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist. The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment. You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying. Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans. CA2AZ? GTFO.
Whiskey Row Off road Mountain Bike Race offers a choice of a 15, 30 or 50 mile course. My number one con is lack of medical care, specifically doctors. It should also be noted that Prescott has a huge retirement population of seniors. The average age is about 54. This may be a pro or con depending on what one is looking for in a community.
Dr shortage is a real problem. My dad had to wait for almost 9 months to see a specialist. Reason given, too many patients per doctor and most of them are elderly.
I was there for a few days didn't like how unfriendly people were. I'm traveling in my van, people assume you're homeless and have no money lol I own a home ks and do have money and I'm debt free, so I'm worth more money then probably most of those judgmental people just saying😅😅😂
I still want to live the.... have felt that way for many yeas, but I live in New Zealand and I am old (81), so it would take a lottery win for me to make it... But Prescott is top of my list for investigation should the occasion arise:. One of my daughters that spends a lot of time in AZ endorses my choice... I'll keep buying those tickets... :-) You need a lot of money to be allowed to emigrate into the USA, especially if old, which is fair enough. You don't need grifters any more than anywhere else. I'm a gun smith so could probably get work if I really wanted it, but really I'd need enough capital to see me out to make it viable... perhaps $3-4 million....
You forgot to mention the huge abundance of substance abuse in the tri city area and the ever growing number of substance abuse recovery businesses in and around Prescott.
between the senior homes like margaret t morris where clients are drugged to "control" and all the rehab homes because of all the drugs its made Prescott very questionable!
I can’t personally speak to the care in senior care facilities here as we don’t have any personal experience however I can say that not all rehabilitation centers are bad. In fact we have met many individuals who’s sole reason for moving to Prescott was to go to rehab many have now become business owners, pastors, and even parents. All fought their battles and came out on top and all are contributing members to the community. So I guess I get a little sad do to hear a blanket statement of rehab centers are ruining the community when in fact that isn’t the case.
Hi are you able to help us find a 55+ rental property to rent? If not can you recommend someone? We are currently in Sun City West and it is too hot for our dogs. We moved from Oregon.
Hi Nancy we would love to help unfortunately we aren’t able to help with rentals. Our office has a rental company component called Unlimited RE. Can’t blame you in wanting to get out of the scorching heat of the Valley! Let us be the first to welcome you to Prescott.
I spent 6 months in Prescott and decided it isn't for me. The city holds WAY too many special events which turn the city into a dang tourist town. The streets are blocked off, it's difficult to get around due to heavy traffic and it's impossible to find parking. Many of these tourists end up discovering Prescott this way, moving there and growing the population, ruining it's appeal. They should just stop. The police do nothing about obnoxiously loud open-exhaust pipe cars which are all over the place - because the police do nothing. Prescott also lacks amenities. Most of the homes are expensive, unattractive and there are almost no modern/contemporary homes.
Agree with the tourist traffic it’s pretty common downtown but isn’t that true of any small town that attracts tourists. I personally haven’t heard the loud exhaust cars my guess is they are likely from the valley but that’s just a guess. Thanks for watching.
@@livinginprescott "isn’t that true of any small town that attracts tourists?" Yes, but not every small town attracts tourists. The loud cars are local. I see the same cars daily. The valley seems to be a bit quieter because Greater Phoenix and Tucson have emissions checks. Prescott doesn't, so they remove the mufflers and the police do nothing.
That’s a great question. We do have a Dillard which is about the closest to choose from. The mall recently sold and the new owner is trying to bring in more shops / stores maybe that will help. Thanks for watching
Con #6 which should really be Con #3: the lousy healthcare system. Prescott is considered rural so does not attract the highest level of physicians because they earn less than a physician in a city does. Spouses of medical professionals have a hard time finding suitable employment because of the lack of industry here. Not only are the doctors NOT stellar, there are hardly any of them. For example, there is ONE urologist and ONE ear, nose and throat practice here. That means you have to wait at least a month or more likely two to get in to see them, and when you finally do, it is probable they are not competent. We soon found out after moving here four years ago that YRMC hospital has a reputation for killing people and we personally have had very bad experiences with the unqualified staff they employ. It was very recently exposed a neurologist was employed for over two years that was not board-certified. This was found out because the doctor was sued for malpractice (the patient won) but the hospital went to great lengths to cover it up. I hope to never have to be admitted to the hospital because I fear the care I will receive. Will they kill me or will they help me? Do not move here if you have a lot of health problems or, if you do, be prepared to go to Phoenix for your medical care!
Health care is definitely something that can be a concern. We personally haven’t had any issues. I know it is something that they are trying to grow and improve on. More medical facilities and hearing more doctors etc. thanks for watching
It’s a beautiful town with lots to do. The hardest adjustments for me in moving to Prescott: not a lot of young people, many are pretty narrow in their views, conspiratorial, and sort of down-and-out. Basic medial services are hard to come by, as most clinics aren’t taking new patients, have over-worked and stressed staff, and have hit-or-miss quality of doctors/PAs/NPs. I have to keep my expectations in check and remind myself that this is a small town!
I will be relocating to prescott with a job. I am looking for 2b-2b unit for rent in the prescott area, closer to the downtown. The apartment rents are too high. If anyone can help me find an apartment with in-unit W/D and most preferably with a back yard, please let me know here.
😂Prescott was great years ago.People moved here to get away from the B.S. from states where they lived.No traffic and easy living.It's changed alot!! California is trying to make this California.We're not California and never will be!!!!! DON'T want to be like other states.Want to live a simple life.
It still feels like a simple relaxing life here to us. We have met many people who have moved from Cali and none are trying to change Prescott to match their previous state. They moved here for a reason and love it here. Thanks for watching.
It’s estimated that >10K Calis are moving here annually, not including WA, OR, TX, CO… The only people wanting them here are real estate agents & businesses. This town used to be so pristine (5-10 years ago) with no trash, homeless, hardly any traffic or crowds; totally different now. Can’t wait for the interest rates to go down somewhat so we can get the hell out of this “use to be nice” place!
Please stop moving from California! The whole state in general is getting kind of angry about it. But if you do leave the California values in California. That is the reason why the states kind of irritated with it
I do have to say, we meet many people considering a relocation from California and to this day we still haven’t met one who wants to change the politics in Az to anything like they had in Cali. Many are looking to get away from the craziness that is occurring there at least in our area. Thanks for watching!
There are plans for two additional highway routes already approved. The water situation here is not dependent on the Colorado river unlike many other areas in the state and the growth is limited to 1.5% per year so that helps not blow up like crazy. Thanks for watching!
@@drillsergeant623 Spelling doesn't matter. You pronounce a person's name the way that person pronounces it, out of respect. Similarly, you pronounce a city's name like the locals pronounce it. Mike Krzyzewski, "Coach K," is sh-shef-ski.
My family live in Prescott from August 1972-1975. Low wages forced them to move. They loved it there but the wages were not good even then.
Everybody wants to live in Tahiti and be five minutes from downtown Manhattan. There ain't no such place (and I know...I've looked).
But after 42 years in Prescott, I've never regretted the move.
You have Goldwater lake, close enough
@@BillyJoeBob-tv6co No coconut trees.
Keeping an eye on moving to Prescott for years from the Phoenix valley, I totally agree with the cons. Unless you can work remote for a bigger company for higher pay, be a business owner or afford retiring there, the local pay won't be even close to affording a house there.
Very accurate description. I moved here about 3 years ago. Love Prescott.. but yes, It's tuff unless you are retiring and have already made your money in life. Still love it though
So glad we bought our place in GC 30 years ago and moved permanently 19 years ago
Well that's good to hear.That's why we all moved here.We like life like it used to be.
I completely agree a bit slower more laid back and not as crazy big. Thanks for watching.
Life like it used to be in Prescott wasn't for the wealthy. What fantasy world are you talking about ?
We fell in love with Prescott and relocated here from New Mexico, but even 7 years ago we couldn't afford a house in Prescott, so we bought in nearby Chino Valley, and our modest manufactured home has doubled in value, which is nuts! We love The Palace and Park Plaza, the Arts & Crafts Shows, and Watson Lake. Because this is such a retirement destination, most of the jobs are service jobs - retail and restaurant jobs and there is no affordable housing for people earning less than six figures. I actually have to drive to Phoenix once a week for my government job (I telework the rest of the time), which sucks, but I only have 3 more years to go before I retire. Now that we have been here awhile, we complain about the traffic when we come into town, just like the locals! There is definitely a lot of California-hating, so if you move here from there, don't tell anyone.
Funny l heard most of Arizona is full of people from all parts of the US not everyone there is a native. So tired of hearing people hate on Californians heck if we agreed with BS there we wouldnt be re-locating elsewhere period! California is a beautiful state too bad its bring run from the wrong people. Also Arizona isnt perfect nor does it sound like some of the people are either. Thats the problem with the world today everyone likes judge others
ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED BY GOD for not loving one another as he commanded us too.🤙
@Sue Arellano I don't think it needs any explanation on why people are hating on California. People are leaving in record numbers. The problem Arizona, Texas, etc. has; is that if you do not like California's politics, crime, and culture, and you decide to leave. You all idiots start voting on the same policies and polititions that you left California for. Look at Austin Texas as an example. Nobody I know or have talked to about this subject ever wants to see a license plate from California. Stay in California, thanks.
As a native, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be divorced from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
Thank the California folk
Lynx lake and goldwater lake is rhe best Lynx lake is the best for swimming
We've been coming to visit family in Phoenix for 20 years. And, beginning last year, we are now "Snowbirds". But have NEVER been in Prescott. So I'm just getting info to spend a day. I've seen this, and your best things to do in Prescott videos. I'm very impressed. Your suggestions fit people of all interests, and seem very honest. Thanks! You've helped us know what to do on our daytrip.
So glad you found the videos useful and helpful. We absolutely love it here and love to share how special this place is. Thanks for watching.
Pro beautiful sunsets over Granite Mountain just a WOW!
Couldn’t agree more also the wide open skies to star gaze. Thanks for watching!
I have enjoyed my Prescott visits in the past and even looked at real estate there around 2011 but decided not to move there. I felt that it was too isolated for me in various ways. I did not like the idea of having to drive to Phoenix to catch a flight and if i wanted to go anywhere outside of the city, there would be too much driving to get there. I am also an asthmatic which is a HUGE negative with all the wildfires, high winds, and the pollens that spread from those trees and shrubs.
We like the isolation. Lived in Phx for 15 years and they can have it. Sure it would be nice to have more flights outta Prescott but aside from that, if we have to go to Phx more than once a month, that’s too often. Thanks for watching!
@@livinginprescott I agree with you! I will take Prescott over Phoenix ANY DAY! I have relatives and friends in Gilbert and Mesa who love it there for their jobs, family members, recreation and other reasons. But they also have the INTENSE summer heat to deal with each year and last year, that area set some heat records with all those days over 110 degrees!!! No thanks!! 😵
I would add that Prescott has a great art community, with many local artists, annual artist studio tours, lots of galleries, and Mountain Artist Guild.
Tons of artists in the area! Love seeing the art shows too.
Gotta love the wind i love hiking in it
Agree with most of what you said. I spent my summers as a kid living with my grandparents on a ranch outside of Prescott. My great grandparents were original pioneers in Prescott. They moved there in the 1860 s. It was the Dearing ranch out past Thumb butte. I love Prescott. Visit at least once a year. My ancestors definitely have history in Prescott. I have friends from California ,who now live in Prescott.
You’re Prescott royalty! Thanks for the comment.
Very cool
I've now watched most of your videos and you guys do a good job giving an idea of what the areas are like and the culture. Thank you so much! Because of your video's, Prescott Valley has made it on the list of potential places to relocate to.
@@livinginprescott I'll email you.
As a native, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be divorced from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
I would add one of the Pros being Monsoon Season. And i don't consider the Wind as a Con.
My daughter is moving to Prescott Valley today! I am sad about it, but it's what they want to do. They bought land there as well and will be building a house at some point. They want us to move there too, but after looking around there last Dec., we discovered that we cannot afford a house there. So we will just enjoy visiting there for now.
@@livinginprescott They are on their way! Should be there by midnight. They are renting a house in Prescott Valley for now as my son in law will still be commuting back to CA for 3 years yet. They bought 2 acres in Prescott Valley and plan to build a house once he retires as he plans to get another job then in AZ. I don't remember exactly where the property is though. It is in some sort of new development. You could get a prairie lot or a mountain lot. They chose a prairie lot. It was very windy when we were there in Dec.
@@livinginprescott I don't remember if that is it or not. We will be visiting them in Sept. so I am sure they will show it to us again. It's not our cup of tea as we do not like CC&Rs or HOAs. But they don't mind them so they are happy to have a property there.
It was never this expensive to live.I moved here 25 yrs ago.Its all the $ hungry contractors that are ruining this area.Leave it alone!!😊
@@darleneneville8884 It is too bad. We were there again last Oct. and houses still way too expensive. We are going again in May but don't have any hopes of finding anything affordable. We will just stay put in CA for now I suppose. We are missing our grandkids growing up, but we can't afford half a million dollars for a fixer upper. Not every house in CA sells for a million dollars, so we will be on a tight budget. We even thought about Pine Lakes but the lot rent is over $1000 per month and that does not include any utilities. I live beside a senior mobile home park and they own the land and pay $250. That includes their water and trash, a laundry room and they maintain all the roads and plow in the winter. So $1000 is absurd. It's a beautiful area, but I am beginning to think we will not be able to afford to move there ever. And my daughter and son in law can not afford to build their house now. The builder gave them a price of $400 per sq foot. Insane!!!!
I like your informational videos. Are the reasonably rate yearround rv parks that are more like a community? Thinking of relocating from Payson, Az
Yes, Fairgrounds RV park in Prescott Valley is very reasonable and offers year round. They sometimes have a wait list however I will say persistence is key! We have had many clients stay there while building.
I’ve lived here 31 years. If you’re retiring and have endless $$$ then you’re fine. If you’re actually working and having to support a family here,😂 get ready to work 2-3 jobs, because that’s what it takes. Stay in Prescott too, you enter PV, they have a military regiment, not officers. Once a great place. Cons are too great now. Peoples attitudes are terrible here, but… 2-3 jobs you see why. For all you retired folk ENJOY! But please… get out of the left lane 😂
I moved Prescott 1975 it was the greatest now to many people traffic high prices I had to move couldn't afford to live there anymore
Yep that's the truth.
We moved our young family here 33 years ago. Our grown sons served in the military, went to college, married, and are raising their children in more affordable parts of the country, which is sad since Prescott is a wonderful area to raise children.
That is sad as it is a wonderful place to live. We are hearing this about many areas all across the country. It is becoming all too common. Thanks for watching.
Great video. I live in Prescott Valley and often visit the Prescott lakes and other parks to do landscape photography. While I love living in the area and feel the pros outweigh the cons, I do agree with all the cons you mentioned. Especially the traffic.
There WAS NO Prescott Valley when I grew up here (1959-76). You Newbies are 100% responsible for killing off the antelope.
@@davidconrad7218 Prescott Valley was founded in 1966. I was born in Phoenix in and have lived in Arizona for more than fifty years. To my knowledge, there are actually more antelope now than there were in the 60's an 70's.
@@kevinroberts1888 In EVERY metric the increase in population has created a DECREASE in the quality of life.
@@davidconrad7218 Saw a dozen or so off Lakeshore Drive a week ago (but yes, the herds are much reduced).
Ex Californian here. My wife and I searched all over America on where to move too from the craziness of California. We bought a great house in the pines and love our neighbors and our new community. We're as loving and friendly as it gets. We're conservative and God fearing and felt at home here. Yes we brought our money from California, but we made it by working our asses off for years. We love it here and aren't going anywhere else. We bought an existing home here and hired local contractors for the remodel. We love it here, and yes many California transplants are rude and pushy but we feel we fit here.
I don't understand why anyone would describe themselves as, "God fearing". God is love and love doesn't come with the baggage of "fear". Trump is a fear monger. Far-right whack job Republicans are fear mongers. Joe McCarthy was a fear monger. Re-read the Bible and come up with your own interpretation. Christian hypocrites who indoctrinate their followers via fear and blind obedience are fear mongers and they make a damn good living dishing that garbage out to people who chose not to be critical thinkers.
God fearing. Lol.
@@joepolach9725 Why you laughing?
No one cares if you're afraid of god. Matt 6:5: And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.@@chriscox896
@@joepolach9725dude I know
We just got back from visiting Prescott again. We were there for a week and a half this time and really got to have a good look around. We would love to move there if the housing market drops down in the next few years. I have a question though. We currently live in a very small, 3000 population, mountain town. On the weekends or during events, the population swells to 10 or 12 thousand or more. It is horrific. People park where they shouldn't, walk in the middle of the streets and make it impossible to get into a restaurant or even order a pizza. Locals cannot enjoy local events due to the massive influx of tourists. We have to stay out of town during the weekends. And when it snows, it really gets bad. They also leave a ton of trash behind and our local merchants have to deal with cleaning it up. We are in an unincorporated part of our county and have no city government to handle these things. Since Prescott is obviously much larger than my little village, and I assume you do have a city government, do you find that things are like this in Prescott or are you better equipped to handle the influx of tourists? Can a local go out on a Saturday evening and enjoy a meal? Can you easily participate in local events? Even our little Halloween parade and festival for the kids has been taken over by the tourists. We have no trick or treat here, mountain terrain, lots of part time homes, no street lights etc., and so the merchants have a parade in town and pass out candy. However, many of them have quit doing it because so many tourists come up and they just can't afford to give candy to hundreds and hundreds of kids. Just curious how a local in Prescott feels about tourists and what their impact is on the town.
Fri Sat are always super busy, but by Sunday night it def gets back to a sleepier town. Thursdays you see things picking up for the weekend. The city handles tourists well, they won’t take any abuse, the young strong police will be at whiskey row in under 2 minutes if there any problems.
Oh and Aker night and the courthouse tree lightening ceremony have just too many people for my comfort.
The Downtown area and major roads in and out of downtown become jammed with tourists and those with 2nd or 3rd homes in Prescott starting around 3pm on most Thursdays. Let's not sugarcoat it, Prescott is a tourist town populated by retirees. The largest employers are the hospital and the school district. The hospitality industry pays peanuts so local governments (run by home developers) are addicted to tax revenue and the easiest way to get that revenue is to position the town as a tourist destination. Whiskey Row is a joke...cheap tourist shops...tourist-only saloons for people who want to live out their wild west fever dreams and, of course, there are local bars that smell of stale beer populated with local day drinkers.
@@iainblack2975 "young strong police" ...now there's an interesting descriptor. The police station is 2 blocks off of Whiskey Row and after 150 years of arresting people on Whiskey Row of course the police are wise enough to pre-position officers near the area so they quickly respond.
Things wouldn't be so bad in Prescott if it weren't for the Chamber of Commerce DRAWING people here ALL THE TIME with their "special" events, festivals, craft shows, annual Corvette show, etc. They block off the streets around the courthouse regularly and it becomes a zoo downtown with vendor tents all around the courthouse and people EVERYWHERE. Check out the events calendar on line. If you can manage to dine and do your activities outside of the downtown area you might be OK.
Don't forget about the Embry-Riddle Aeronatical Institute. And on Cortez street across from the courthouse is a great restaurant called MOB burger.
Thanks for the reminder about Embry Riddle. They are an awesome school!
The biggest con is that the overpopulation prescott is supposed to be a small historic town in Arizona people. "VISIT" instead people moved here and these California and Phoenix real estate people who are so used to renting property out at a high rate decided to buy apartments and such in prescott and boost the rent amd bam now our real estate goes up houses cost more rent cost more cost of living cost more I'm sure the people in the government benefiting financially on this is very happy with this boost and the biggest fact in history is before the 19 hotshot died we were trying to get in the map as the best retirement town or whatnot and all the sudden this unfortunate sad event happened with these 19 hotshot happened and now all the sudden we are in the map. You could visibly see the damage of the overpopulation done to our city not only does our natural forest look go away with every apartment built but we are getting less and less snow and rain we truly are turning into a little phoenix
Park plaza my favorite store. Have never had a single problem with recovery centers.
I gotta be honest, the quality of Park Plaza’s pizza has really gone downhill as has Lemoncellos ever since Mateo sold it a couple of months ago.
I live in an apartment by the mount vernon area which is where the vintage homes is located
My fiance and I are thinking of moving here. Thank you for such a helpful video!
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY and inversely reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA.
You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying.
Growth has harmed this community. We have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
Wildfires can be destructive and tragic, but are a natural process that do not actually "destroy" land.
Absolutely 👍
Agree also the state does yearly prescription burns to help the forest stay healthier.
THX for the video. Oh, I'm in Tucson.
You left out the large ghetto communities, massive over-development leading to the fact that we`re running out of water, the overwhealming number of rehabs and halfway houses, (which contribute to most the crime), the huge increase in homeless people hanging around (even in winter), the scary granite Creek corridor at night , the exceedingly overpriced rentals & land, and the worst of all , theres no Del Taco !
Isnt low wages a problem world wide?
Not in Prescott. They have no problems with low wages.
The residents all have private planes and fly in after a hard days work.
Talking to a lot of servers at various bars\ restaurants here, we are being to,d that most can’t afford homes in Prescott proper…..
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment.
You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying.
Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
Opening a tire shop would be gold in Prescott. The roads are bad with potholes all over. Make a killing on new tires and alignments.
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment.
You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying.
Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans.
I lived in Prescott in 1968. I was 10 . I loved it. Because of all the outdoors and things to do. But how would it be now? 55 Years later? Lol Has to be better than Hell Hole California. Hopefully someday I will be able to get out
I feel like I'm. In a Prison stuck here because of Family and other issues. But oh well. If I could only fly.
California transplants are moving in by droves and driving up housing prices so locals like my family who settled the area can afford to buy a decent home. Developments are taking over and ruining the landscape. Ranch lands are being sold off. It's no longer the charming cowboy town it was due to the hordes of people coming. They all want their specialty stores built so they can feel like they're in California. It's sad. My grandparents would be sad to see these changes if they were still around. Traffic is horrible compared to what it was. Instead of ranch people you see the rainbow colored hair types. Prescott is going downhill. It used be the neatest little Western town.
@@rd7726 Most of the US population growth is due to mass immigration.
Let’s not forget the Dinner Bell, best breakfast joint in Prescott👍
For those interested in arizona 2 step matt saloon is the best dancing bar in prescott
DO NOT MOVE HERE
My mother who is a senior citizen forgot to ring up some items she was purchasing in the self-checkout, Walmart called Prescott Police, and all hell broke loose. The officer instructed my mother that she was being arrested for shoplifting.
My mother who was confused why she was being arrested kept asking the officer “Why am I being arrested” “I didn’t mean to not ring those items up.” Instead of explaining the situation, he told her to stop playing dumb and let her know she was being arrested for shoplifting. My mother who was shook as she’s gone her whole life without being in trouble with the law, asked the officer again, “Why am I being arrested”.
Cuffs were shackled around her wrists very tightly which caused her to flinch and scratch the police officer, which he assumed was intentional, and started spouting out “NOW YOU’RE GETTING A FELONY”. My mother who has gone 60+ years of her life is now facing two felonies and we’re unable to afford an attorney, we also found out from the public defender that since my mother “was resisting arrest” it wouldn’t matter how hard the officer shackled the cuffs around here wrists since he had to use the “appropriate force to detain the suspect” even though my mother is a senior citizen. My mother’s wrists have a ¼” bump from the cuffs and were black and blue when I picked her up. She’s never been a criminal, you guys didn’t need to take things this far.
Take my advice and DO NOT move here, this town is terrible. Everyone walks around grumpy, and the police pick on law-abiding citizens, meanwhile pounds of fentanyl are being smuggled at the border killing someone new every day. This is the most depressing town I've ever lived in, it's like a depressing wild west town where cops abuse citizens. I can't tell you the number of stories I've heard
"My mother who is a senior citizen forgot to ring up some items she was purchasing..." Oh, puhleeeze! Your mom was shoplifting. She thought it was an easy score.
"Everyone walks around grumpy..."
No, they aren't.
"...and the police pick on law-abiding citizens..."
No, they don't.
"...meanwhile pounds of fentanyl are being smuggled at the border killing someone new every day."
Huh? Prescott isn't anywhere near the border.
"This is the most depressing town I've ever lived in, it's like a depressing wild west town where cops abuse citizens. I can't tell you the number of stories I've heard"
You're free to leave. And take your jailbird mom with you. OMG!
The cops are so bad here and they here have nothing better to do other than harass the locals! Their job is to arrest you, not HELP you. I got a warning once for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign! The police have to practically make things up to give you a ticket to make their monthly quotas. They are watching you!
You posted the same thing about another town in Texas.😅
I’ve lived 12 miles south of town up in the Bradshaws since 2011. To Californians thinking of relocating here: It’s horrible! You don’t want to live in this hot mess!
😂😂😂
I agree, Californians don’t move to Prescott, stay in the state you destroyed and try and turn things around. Cons living in Prescott
Horrible health care
Weather sucks
Getting very crowded
To many tourists in the summer
I call Prescott Valley, Valley of the Yellow Lights ( traffic lights ) going into Prescott,
Thank you, our Prescott place is right past Woody’s ( now called Gilligan’s) right by the Prescott Pines B&B, but to be honest they are about to start building a 18 home condo thing right at my turn off at Forest Hylands we’re the Alibertos used to be across from the Safeway. So even Obed there is not immune from development. Ugh. Love yo your video. Can you make a video of the local music scene on the weekends, seriously the musician community blows Phoenix weak live music away!
Live in Phx and bought a condo in 2016 in Prescott off of White Spar Road. Up here most weekends and all holidays, I’m a million times happier up here than down in the hell hole phoenix. I will say that the growth, particularly in Prescott Valley especially now, is obscene and obnoxious. They won’t be happy until all those beautiful rolling hills are developed. Very lucky living so close to Prescott National Forest, the greedy monster developers can’t do to much up here.🎃
Totally agree Phoenix IS a total Hell Hole!
Prescott Valley is turning into a night mare!Don't know who's idea it is for all these apts.They need their head examined! A beautiful place being destroyed over money in somebody's pocket.Stop building!!!!!❤
Been living up here for a year love it but my lease is up soon and there is nothing really in my price range , I will not be happy goin to chino or Dewey or PV 😢
Good video. I live in Prescott Valley. And that’s exactly how I say it. Pres-COTT. Not Preskitt. In a world where people say “there’s” when referring to more than one thing. Or say “at” at the end of their sentence. Then for me…it’s PresCOTT.
Tomato, Tomaaaato, ha ha. Thanks watching! 😉
Historically, however, PresKITT is how it has been pronounced. That is how the New Englanders pronounced our namesake's surname. That comes straight from people of the William Hickling Prescott Society.
The only latest fire prescott had alone is the granite mountain fire in 2013
Been up there since 2006, much nicer then, less people. WAY too many Californians now, used to be fantastic. It has also wrecked the housing market up there as well. No longer affordable.
My poor town has gone to hell from all these damn realtors. Every little open spot they are ripping up and ruining it. Prescott was just a money maker for realtors and developers 😢
Thank you ! We need more comments like that.
Most "Working people" live in Prescott Valley. Now My cousins "came into" some money from a death and my Aunt and two cousins moved to Prescott in that big house that was built off on Hereford and Iron Springs road in 2015 maybe. Its basically two identical houses built as one, both my cousins live there and my Aunt lives in the other house the original house thats 2 bed 2 bath, I'd rather live there but my cousins both work and are soaring, Lots of work if you have a skill in construction or you can do handyman type jobs.
The biggest con that wasn’t mentioned is health care. If you have preexisting or medical needs DON’T move to Prescott! I wouldn’t move here again and the weather is horrible.
Health care options are more limited but it's not Phoenix so I guess that's to be expected. But the weather...??? Horrible compared to what? Sure the spring is windy but it's the high desert, what did you expect? Thanks for the comment and watching anyway :)
Try Seattle for horrible weather,
I want everyone to realize bad traffic happens everywhere the problem isnt city or state related its the fact that prescott is a retirement town and people are on the road who shouldnt be
Prescott has a LOT of special events which draw people, and they block off the streets downtown. The traffic problems are created by the city government.
@@joevarga5982 what about Miller valley, Gail gardener not city caused
@@FerelWolfCat The city caused people to move there with all of their special events drawing people from all over the place, causing them to discover the city.
Do you know the history and purpose of the Rose Parade in Pasadena?
@@joevarga5982 city needs their tourist attractions to make money
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Thanks for watching.
Fires can be bad. I lived in Dewey and had to leave due to evacuation. Real thing.
Housing is insane for the area, mainly due to the large amounts of retirement folks moving into the area.
Wages are the worst, all the retirement people will do the job for less, so don't move here expecting far wages.
Traffic is uncalled for. You can't enjoy the down town and the drive from PV past the Costco into Prescott is crazy for such a small road. I think they should tax snowbirds more for moving into the area. They are wasting the water from the Aquafer and making this part of Arizona bad for locals.
If you have even lived in Wyoming, the wind is not bad. It's lovely year round.
We had some good friends evacuated in the Dewey / Blue Hills area for a fire a few years back. Pretty scary. I agree with the traffic it’s a lot for our small towns. Thanks for watching!
I wonder if Colts BBQ is registering any complaints with the 6 day a week smoke from their massive BBQ ovens?? What is the impact of pollution from the constant wood burning there?
Really? The forest fires put more carbon in the air in one season than the whole population.
Interesting question. BBQ is great, though.
Ha ha I would rather smell BBQ ANY day then the stench of Phoenix👍
the growth is not positive, its driven up prices making it impossible for locals to remain here. and its not dog friendly.
AZ PAYS SH*** WAGES AND THE LABOR LAWS SUCK FOR THE WORKERS
@@livinginprescott obviously not that sad to you as your not affected. prices keep rising because people moving in are over offering for starters !
@@Bornagain7202 Damn, no need to be an asshole about it.
@@Bornagain7202 unfortunately its happening everywhere
Wish they would all just stay in California and keep their problems.
Don't forget that every other license plate reads California. Prescott is not as friendly as it used to be.
Here in the East Valley it's not only California, but Washington, Oregon, Illinois and every other state, too. :(
Get real you guys dont own it! Nor do you get too judge and dictate where hard working GOD fearing people can live!!
@@rocksforever66 How about you get real....nice. Neither of our comments says anything that you retorted to. What has "god fearing" have to do with anything? Again, nothing we said remotely touched on that subject. Bless your heart!
@@rocksforever66 God is a hoax. Nobody fears God. You relogos just ask for forgiveness right after your misdeeds and the slate is clean. You're no better than non-believers are.
As a native born here in 1959, I attest to the FACT that an increase in population is DIRECTLY reflected in a DECREASE in quality of life. In EVERY metric, Pollution, Traffic, Prices (including taxes), Crime, Destruction of nature... All have INCREASED dramatically in the past 60 years due to population density.
Sustainable resources including Water cannot be separated from POPULATION growth. No matter how many believe a lie it is a lie. NOT EVERYONE can sit on the SAME CHAIR comfortably. WATER and Infrastructure is NOT sufficient to maintain the number of people currently residing in Prescott or AZ for that matter. No matter how long the land pimps and useful idiots have followed the lie. No matter how the willfully ignorant useful idiots deny the facts the facts persist.
The LOSS of habitat and wildlife is 100% due to the cowardly newbies who flee the HELL LA they created and invade my hometown. Clean up the messes you created and allowed to be created in YOUR HOMETOWNS. FYA. You will likely be a melting snowflake and try to delete my comments. That will be PROOF you are cowards. If you DO try to delete my comments it is proof you hate the 1st Amendment.
You Newbies will NEVER know what you have destroyed and are destroying.
Growth has harmed this community. Natives have a right to prevent harm. Anyone who believes NATIVES have no right to defend their land know NOTHING about the character of Arizonans. CA2AZ? GTFO.
Я знаю этот город по фильму "дело храбрых" он мне сразу понравился даже с экрана, но не думал что это такой дорогой город
@@livinginprescott фильм про 19 погибших пожарных, события были в 2013 году
Sorry we are full now ppl are moving to Dewey and pv
Thank you
You can't talk about a place being a wonderful area to live and not expect people to move there.
If they have lots of money that is.
Whiskey Row Off road Mountain Bike Race offers a choice of a 15, 30 or 50 mile course.
My number one con is lack of medical care, specifically doctors.
It should also be noted that Prescott has a huge retirement population of seniors. The average age is about 54. This may be a pro or con depending on what one is looking for in a community.
@@livinginprescott Yes, I rode the 30 proof (31.7 miles). Great event and a real challenge. I can believe 59, I'm 61!
Dr shortage is a real problem. My dad had to wait for almost 9 months to see a specialist. Reason given, too many patients per doctor and most of them are elderly.
Dont talk about Prescott! I grew up inthe town 1962Love it or Leave it!
We definitely love it! Thanks for watching
I was there for a few days didn't like how unfriendly people were. I'm traveling in my van, people assume you're homeless and have no money lol I own a home ks and do have money and I'm debt free, so I'm worth more money then probably most of those judgmental people just saying😅😅😂
That’s sad to hear. We have so many friendly people here. Wish you had a better experience.
Con, Over developed, Con, the water supply is dire.
Actually the Chino aquifer is plentiful, not so in Phoenix.
I still want to live the.... have felt that way for many yeas, but I live in New Zealand and I am old (81), so it would take a lottery win for me to make it... But Prescott is top of my list for investigation should the occasion arise:. One of my daughters that spends a lot of time in AZ endorses my choice... I'll keep buying those tickets... :-)
You need a lot of money to be allowed to emigrate into the USA, especially if old, which is fair enough. You don't need grifters any more than anywhere else. I'm a gun smith so could probably get work if I really wanted it, but really I'd need enough capital to see me out to make it viable... perhaps $3-4 million....
Is it really pronounced, "Press- Kit?" I would assume, it would be pronounced as, "Press Scott?"
@@livinginprescott It really is a beautiful city!
Park Plazas foods gone downhill in the past year to be honest.
You forgot to mention the huge abundance of substance abuse in the tri city area and the ever growing number of substance abuse recovery businesses in and around Prescott.
“Come for the rehab, stay for the relapse”, locals mantra!
Come to Prescott for your rehab and stay for the relapse!
My wind can rip pretty fast too! 😉💨
between the senior homes like margaret t morris where clients are drugged to "control" and all the rehab homes because of all the drugs its made Prescott very questionable!
I can’t personally speak to the care in senior care facilities here as we don’t have any personal experience however I can say that not all rehabilitation centers are bad. In fact we have met many individuals who’s sole reason for moving to Prescott was to go to rehab many have now become business owners, pastors, and even parents. All fought their battles and came out on top and all are contributing members to the community. So I guess I get a little sad do to hear a blanket statement of rehab centers are ruining the community when in fact that isn’t the case.
Be very careful of the corrupt courts my transcrips have someone eles name on them
That’s pretty scary. Thanks for the advice!
Hi are you able to help us find a 55+ rental property to rent? If not can you recommend someone? We are currently in Sun City West and it is too hot for our dogs. We moved from Oregon.
Hi Nancy we would love to help unfortunately we aren’t able to help with rentals. Our office has a rental company component called Unlimited RE. Can’t blame you in wanting to get out of the scorching heat of the Valley! Let us be the first to welcome you to Prescott.
I'd say the big pro of living is Prescott is being close to Shawn!
Must watch for fires, housing is costly, salaries are low right now, but future...
I spent 6 months in Prescott and decided it isn't for me. The city holds WAY too many special events which turn the city into a dang tourist town. The streets are blocked off, it's difficult to get around due to heavy traffic and it's impossible to find parking. Many of these tourists end up discovering Prescott this way, moving there and growing the population, ruining it's appeal. They should just stop. The police do nothing about obnoxiously loud open-exhaust pipe cars which are all over the place - because the police do nothing. Prescott also lacks amenities. Most of the homes are expensive, unattractive and there are almost no modern/contemporary homes.
Agree with the tourist traffic it’s pretty common downtown but isn’t that true of any small town that attracts tourists. I personally haven’t heard the loud exhaust cars my guess is they are likely from the valley but that’s just a guess. Thanks for watching.
@@livinginprescott "isn’t that true of any small town that attracts tourists?"
Yes, but not every small town attracts tourists.
The loud cars are local. I see the same cars daily. The valley seems to be a bit quieter because Greater Phoenix and Tucson have emissions checks. Prescott doesn't, so they remove the mufflers and the police do nothing.
Why does Prescott have no good shopping centers in from California and Prescott doesn’t even have a Macy’s the best thing they got is JCPenney
That’s a great question. We do have a Dillard which is about the closest to choose from. The mall recently sold and the new owner is trying to bring in more shops / stores maybe that will help. Thanks for watching
Con #6 which should really be Con #3: the lousy healthcare system. Prescott is considered rural so does not attract the highest level of physicians because they earn less than a physician in a city does. Spouses of medical professionals have a hard time finding suitable employment because of the lack of industry here. Not only are the doctors NOT stellar, there are hardly any of them. For example, there is ONE urologist and ONE ear, nose and throat practice here. That means you have to wait at least a month or more likely two to get in to see them, and when you finally do, it is probable they are not competent. We soon found out after moving here four years ago that YRMC hospital has a reputation for killing people and we personally have had very bad experiences with the unqualified staff they employ. It was very recently exposed a neurologist was employed for over two years that was not board-certified. This was found out because the doctor was sued for malpractice (the patient won) but the hospital went to great lengths to cover it up. I hope to never have to be admitted to the hospital because I fear the care I will receive. Will they kill me or will they help me?
Do not move here if you have a lot of health problems or, if you do, be prepared to go to Phoenix for your medical care!
Health care is definitely something that can be a concern. We personally haven’t had any issues. I know it is something that they are trying to grow and improve on. More medical facilities and hearing more doctors etc. thanks for watching
It’s a beautiful town with lots to do. The hardest adjustments for me in moving to Prescott: not a lot of young people, many are pretty narrow in their views, conspiratorial, and sort of down-and-out. Basic medial services are hard to come by, as most clinics aren’t taking new patients, have over-worked and stressed staff, and have hit-or-miss quality of doctors/PAs/NPs. I have to keep my expectations in check and remind myself that this is a small town!
Don’t forget to tell them about the tunnels running under Prescott
Ssshhhhhhhh, supposed to be a secret lol. They are there though
@@andypoppey5243 Chinese workers were not allowed on the Row. Tunnels allowed access to downtown from old Prescott Chinatown area.
Oh the tunnels are there. I've got friends that own a store on granite st. They've told me they've seen them.
Fact they do exist.
There are 100s of homeless living in the tunnels under Prescott.
I will be relocating to prescott with a job. I am looking for 2b-2b unit for rent in the prescott area, closer to the downtown. The apartment rents are too high. If anyone can help me find an apartment with in-unit W/D and most preferably with a back yard, please let me know here.
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😂Prescott was great years ago.People moved here to get away from the B.S. from states where they lived.No traffic and easy living.It's changed alot!! California is trying to make this California.We're not California and never will be!!!!! DON'T want to be like other states.Want to live a simple life.
It still feels like a simple relaxing life here to us. We have met many people who have moved from Cali and none are trying to change Prescott to match their previous state. They moved here for a reason and love it here. Thanks for watching.
Californian's go back now
It’s estimated that >10K Calis are moving here annually, not including WA, OR, TX, CO…
The only people wanting them here are real estate agents & businesses. This town used to be so pristine (5-10 years ago) with no trash, homeless, hardly any traffic or crowds; totally different now. Can’t wait for the interest rates to go down somewhat so we can get the hell out of this “use to be nice” place!
Right lol
Please stop moving from California! The whole state in general is getting kind of angry about it. But if you do leave the California values in California. That is the reason why the states kind of irritated with it
I do have to say, we meet many people considering a relocation from California and to this day we still haven’t met one who wants to change the politics in Az to anything like they had in Cali. Many are looking to get away from the craziness that is occurring there at least in our area. Thanks for watching!
Why dont you put crime status in there
They are constantly changing unfortunately so it’s hard to keep the pace not current. Here is a great resource for an up to date crime map.
Based on this video, that's a no for me
Thanks for watching.
Cons,,not enough hwys,,too many houses built too fast,,soon water will be gone,,just like the strawberry town,,
There are plans for two additional highway routes already approved. The water situation here is not dependent on the Colorado river unlike many other areas in the state and the growth is limited to 1.5% per year so that helps not blow up like crazy. Thanks for watching!
PresCOTT 🤷🏻♂️
Try calling someone named Scott “Skitt” and see how they like it
Its Prescitt, like Bisquit
@@squiffywaffle How is is spelled again?
@@drillsergeant623 It's spelled yourmama
@@drillsergeant623 Spelling doesn't matter. You pronounce a person's name the way that person pronounces it, out of respect. Similarly, you pronounce a city's name like the locals pronounce it. Mike Krzyzewski, "Coach K," is sh-shef-ski.
Cott is not sound like cut.
Prescott like Biscuit even though the spelling appears cott