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Not much going on economy-wise. Kind of dead in the water with a few local companies that provide jobs (like Ruger). LOTS of great road and mtn cycling. While ARFCOM and the rest of the US may hate us, AZ tends to be pretty cyclist friendly in my experience. There is a big mountain bike race in april every year called The Whiskey 50 thats always a blast.

Its small townish. Weather's real decent, good riding.

Check out Flagstaff if you do rental properties. Far better road and mountain biking, alot more going on in the town, and the NAU is growing, so if you're a rental property guy theres a large transient(student) population and thus high demand for a lot of rentals. Only downside is they have real winter. It snows there.


If you're looking for a quiet little place to retire, where nothing ever happens, Prescott. If you're looking for a nice little city/town with some culture and a younger scene, check out Flag.

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I'm partial to the Williamson Valley/Outer Loop Road area.

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My bro lives out there. If you can deal with the meth heads, rednecks, freezing cold winters, and super hot fucking summers, it's the place for you

Seriously though, I like it as a place to visit, would never live there.

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I live in Prescott and I drive a lifted FJ Cruiser.  The 4x4 opportunites around here are pretty great.  I am out almost every weekend to Sedona, Binghampton or some other locale to do some wheeling.  Prescott is not known for good dining, as most of the restaurants are MEH.  The cost of living is relatively cheap.  The climate is ok.  We are usually 15-20 degrees cooler than phoenix.  Winters aren't bad, occasional snow and cold, but nothing like CO.  Summers are hot, but nothing like Phoenix.  If you like hanging out with people at random events, the Downtown, throughout the summer, host a nightly concert, book reading, karaoke sing along, etc at the courthouse.  Every. Single. Night.

Almost every weekend throughout the summer and some in the winter, there is something going on at the Square in downtown Prescott.  I live up by the Granite Dells and I love it.  There is great short hiking trails all over the place.  The people are friendly, except me, and the crime rate seems pretty low.  There are quite a few retirees around here.

Gun stores are pretty Fudd based.  Honestly, the gun stores here are pretty worthless.

Bucky O'neills blows.  They are a weird bunch.  They don't price most of the guns, so have to look it up on the internet every time you want to know the price.  Irritating as heck
High Country is ok, but they are mostly a fudd store, no parts, nothing really exciting.  They probably have better prices.
The two shops in PV are ok, One has a shooting range, but not a lot of inventory.  The other has inventory, but kind of shady.

The nice thing is, you can drive out of town a few miles and find places to shoot, expecially out towards Skull Valley.

It is a nice mix of Forest, desert, small town atmosphere.  The wheeling isn't as good as Moab, but it has other charms.

Also, Phoenix is 90 min away and Flagstaff is too.  Sedona is an hour and the hiking there is incredible, if not crowded.

If you have any other questions, let me knnow.

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Beautiful country.

Whiskey row is fun. The Palace is awesome.

Downdown Prescott is old enough that the roads were designed for model T's. It does not look like a safe place to ride a bike.

Prescott, while cheaper than Sedona, is extremely expensive. I don't know about the suburbs or the run down rural areas.

Arizona has illegals. Arizona has Mexican accented US citizens who's ancestors settled here when it was a Spanish territory. If you dislike Mexican culture or Mexican food, no part of Arizona is for you.

Economically, I don't know what there  really is to do. Down town Prescott was originally the place rich people in Phoenix and Tucson bought a second house since it is cooler in the summer.

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I live in Prescott and I drive a lifted FJ Cruiser.  The 4x4 opportunities around here are pretty great.  I am out almost every weekend to Sedona, Binghampton or some other locale to do some wheeling.  Prescott is not known for good dining, as most of the restaurants are MEH.  The cost of living is relatively cheap.  The climate is ok.  We are usually 15-20 degrees cooler than phoenix.  Winters aren't bad, occasional snow and cold, but nothing like CO.  Summers are hot, but nothing like Phoenix.  If you like hanging out with people at random events, the Downtown, throughout the summer, host a nightly concert, book reading, karaoke sing along, etc at the courthouse.  Every. Single. Night.

Almost every weekend throughout the summer and some in the winter, there is something going on at the Square in downtown Prescott.  I live up by the Granite Dells and I love it.  There is great short hiking trails all over the place.  The people are friendly, except me, and the crime rate seems pretty low.  There are quite a few retirees around here.

Gun stores are pretty Fudd based.  Honestly, the gun stores here are pretty worthless.

Bucky O'neills blows.  They are a weird bunch.  They don't price most of the guns, so have to look it up on the internet every time you want to know the price.  Irritating as heck
High Country is ok, but they are mostly a fudd store, no parts, nothing really exciting.  They probably have better prices.
The two shops in PV are ok, One has a shooting range, but not a lot of inventory.  The other has inventory, but kind of shady.

The nice thing is, you can drive out of town a few miles and find places to shoot, especially out towards Skull Valley.

It is a nice mix of Forest, desert, small town atmosphere.  The wheeling isn't as good as Moab, but it has other charms.

Also, Phoenix is 90 min away and Flagstaff is too.  Sedona is an hour and the hiking there is incredible, if not crowded.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

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Make sure you pronounce it press-kit and not press-scot.

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Something else to think of, the Yarnell Fire killed 19 firefighters, were they employee's of the city?  

that could be volunteer or paid either way the city is on the hook for the lawsuits that will or have been filed.

Sure the city has insurance, but the city also has assets, and will need insurance once the lawsuits are done, I am sure the insurance rates will go up hugely. How will the city pay for that?

Yes the families will sue the city, county, state, and Forest service and anyone else, but lawsuits cost money.