Yes, I feel like I’m back in California with the traffic, the rude people, the overbuilding. That’s what happens when a small town is no longer small.
Not everyone that moves to Prescott is a conservative. My neighbors on each side of me and across the street moved here from California; they are Democrats and they have moved here to vote Democrat. They don’t connect the dots. They don’t see what being a Dem has to do with the downfall of California. So now I notice that people look at me suspiciously like “Is she one of them”? They don’t say hello freely. I think everyone was friendly when I moved here 7 years ago because we just assumed that we were all conservatives. Now we know better and we are suspicious of one another. We are afraid to talk about anything other than the weather. Now, I don’t want to know what politician affiliation someone is because I don’t want to hate them. So I don’t ask. I’ve become more isolated. It’s safer that way.
I moved to Prescott from Wyoming in 1987, a time when the streets rolled up after 6 pm and winter was wonderful because there were few people and very little traffic. A big reason people like me do not like what Prescott has become is because of the California attitude of “I’m smarter, better, richer, and all my friends have moved here from not just CA but specifically Los Angeles. Yes they are refugees but they do not have the long time Arizona ways about them instead “I am here, now get out of my way”. I lived in Williamson Valley and last year my 400′ deep, well went dry. 26 days with no water. It cost me $45k. It has always been “there isn’t enough water to build all these massive subdivisions and golf courses” but now it doesn’t matter because someone’s been bought off to allow developers to destroy a safe and quaint town. I do not say this lightly. Time to move. Just tell me why these realtors advertise in Orange County and brag about it. I am also one of those who won’t go to all the traditional events any more because it is just too crowded. Oh and by the way, covid wasn’t just a minor blip around here. My husband was a casualty and couldn’t even see a doctor when he died at home from it in ’21. Wasn’t expecting to spend my morning responding to your commentary, but you wanted to know. Best wishes
Yes, I feel like I’m back in California with the traffic, the rude people, the overbuilding. That’s what happens when a small town is no longer small.
Not everyone that moves to Prescott is a conservative. My neighbors on each side of me and across the street moved here from California; they are Democrats and they have moved here to vote Democrat. They don’t connect the dots. They don’t see what being a Dem has to do with the downfall of California. So now I notice that people look at me suspiciously like “Is she one of them”? They don’t say hello freely. I think everyone was friendly when I moved here 7 years ago because we just assumed that we were all conservatives. Now we know better and we are suspicious of one another. We are afraid to talk about anything other than the weather. Now, I don’t want to know what politician affiliation someone is because I don’t want to hate them. So I don’t ask. I’ve become more isolated. It’s safer that way.
I moved to Prescott from Wyoming in 1987, a time when the streets rolled up after 6 pm and winter was wonderful because there were few people and very little traffic. A big reason people like me do not like what Prescott has become is because of the California attitude of “I’m smarter, better, richer, and all my friends have moved here from not just CA but specifically Los Angeles. Yes they are refugees but they do not have the long time Arizona ways about them instead “I am here, now get out of my way”. I lived in Williamson Valley and last year my 400′ deep, well went dry. 26 days with no water. It cost me $45k. It has always been “there isn’t enough water to build all these massive subdivisions and golf courses” but now it doesn’t matter because someone’s been bought off to allow developers to destroy a safe and quaint town. I do not say this lightly. Time to move. Just tell me why these realtors advertise in Orange County and brag about it. I am also one of those who won’t go to all the traditional events any more because it is just too crowded. Oh and by the way, covid wasn’t just a minor blip around here. My husband was a casualty and couldn’t even see a doctor when he died at home from it in ’21. Wasn’t expecting to spend my morning responding to your commentary, but you wanted to know. Best wishes