Moving to Northern Arizona and i have 10 girls i need to bring with me. What would be the best city in Northern AZ to move to?

[springvalley123]

I'd stay out of Flag simply for the traffic and there's yuppie college kids crawling all over.

Williams and Prescott (Camp Verde, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Cottonwood) Payson is getting Pricey and chickens are only sort of allowed there.

X2...I'd try to find something in Camp Verde just for proximity to feed stores, climate, rural environment vs towns, but it can be hard to find.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Moving to Northern Arizona and i have 10 girls i need to bring with me. What would be the best city in Northern AZ to move to?

So let's talk a little bit more on the practical side here.

You say you're moving to Northern AZ, are you moving for work? If so, where? AZ is about 6 hours wide east to west, and it's dotted with all kinds of towns the whole way. If you're coming for a job, you're going to want to narrow your focus down around that location. If You're retiring or just planning to find a gig when you get here, something along those lines, different conversation, of course. There's plenty of places that are rural enough to not have to deal with stupid ordinances about livestock or poultry but still get you within an hour's drive of conveniences and crisis care. If you know a bit more about what you're looking for and why, it can help with better suggestions.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Gisela, Young, (id move your young if I could, lovely community) tonto village, there's about a dozen communities a half hour or so away from payson.

I lived in Payson for about 10 years and used to go mudding way-out past Gisela, lol, small world, or go up north of Pine out to the flumes and hot springs. It was a lot smaller then, and I would definitely avoid Flag, way to yuppie and flooded with college kids

 

[nuthatched]

I lived in Payson for about 10 years and used to go mudding way-out past Gisela, lol, small world, or go up north of Pine out to the flumes and hot springs. It was a lot smaller then, and I would definitely avoid Flag, way to yuppie and flooded with college kids

What hot springs? I've been down the flume but never heard of a hot spring.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

What hot springs? I've been down the flume but never heard of a hot spring.

I don't remember the road you go down, but it's north of pine a ways, you drive way down there and it's super strange because there are palm trees at the end. There used to be a nudist colony out there, a bunch of older folks, complete hippies that stayed out there through the good weather.

 

[nuthatched]

I don't remember the road you go down, but it's north of pine a ways, you drive way down there and it's super strange because there are palm trees at the end. There used to be a nudist colony out there, a bunch of older folks, complete hippies that stayed out there through the good weather.

That's really cool, I'm going to have to find that. Is up on the rim?

 

[Felix82]

So let's talk a little bit more on the practical side here.

You say you're moving to Northern AZ, are you moving for work? If so, where? AZ is about 6 hours wide east to west, and it's dotted with all kinds of towns the whole way. If you're coming for a job, you're going to want to narrow your focus down around that location. If You're retiring or just planning to find a gig when you get here, something along those lines, different conversation, of course. There's plenty of places that are rural enough to not have to deal with stupid ordinances about livestock or poultry but still get you within an hour's drive of conveniences and crisis care. If you know a bit more about what you're looking for and why, it can help with better suggestions.

Thank you sir, Work-wise I do not need a fancy job. Just trying to take it easy and be more independent away from the city grid with my chickens.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

That's really cool, I'm going to have to find that. Is up on the rim?

Not quite that far, this was 20 years ago but it was one of my favorite places to go and camp! There are 2 separate springs and a creek there. I'll have to ask my sister if she remembers...