Top Northern Arizona Cities To Live or Visit

In this video we review the top cities to live in Northern Arizona. The list includes Flagstaff, Payson, Prescott, Pinetop Lakeside, Page and a few other Northern Arizona communities.
Living in Arizona is quite a unique experience because of the vastness that the state offers. From the Sonoran Desert in the south to the high country in the north all the way up towards the Four Corners east and the Grand Canyon in the west. Known as the Grand Canyon state, Arizona is diverse in many ways. The state tree is the Palo Verde, the state cactus is the Saguaro, the state bird is the Cactus wren. If you are thinking about moving to Arizona feel free to subscribe and check us out on our other channels.

[@charlesheller4667]

Flag is higher than Denver. Flag is at 7000 ft elevation. It is Prescott that is the same altitude as Denver.

[@christopherwateland7453]

Haha! I just made the same comment then saw yours! Yes!!!

[@tomortale2333]

DOESN'T MATTER BOUT ELEVATION....ITS ALL CA-CA

[@davidmontandon3544]

Excellent ,excellent information, you consistently do a phenomenal job with your videos, thank you!

[@marilynguinnane4663]

So nice of you to offer these videos. Many thanks.

[@ryancross8136]

“You might say it looks like Oregon, naw not really it looks like Arizona High Country” 😂😂you made me laugh man.. thanks for the video

[@marilynguinnane4663]

Ryan Cross -- When my husband & I lived in Cottonwood, 1995 - 1999, we explored AZ. And you're right, it doesn't look like Oregon. AZ doesn't allow clear cutting (or at least didn't back then) and Oregon has practically decimated its forests.

[@tomortale2333]

BOTH PLACES...JUNKYARDS

[@ramonasmith5893]

Looks like Central Oregon which is high desert

[@maryyoung777]

This is really great hearing about all these places that I study before moving here. I really had no help, I just had to wing it on my own. I really had no desire to ever leave California in the first place but I sorta was forced out when they started coming down on the dogs. They've always had a lot of rules and I always was able to sort of put up with them oh when they came down on the dog deal, that was it. I found a house on Craigslist in around 2014 in Casa Grande for $10,000. I drove out to see it and it was covered with mold but I was just amazed with all the people I met of every age and race and background how nice they were. Like I said it was like taking a step back in time when people were nice and smiled a lot. It had been years since I saw that.

[@marilynguinnane4663]

mary young -- Tell me, what do you mean by CA coming down on the dogs?!! Please.

[@maryyoung777]

@@marilynguinnane4663 Oh I'll tell you. Cities have rules and Counties have rules. I worked in LA County but they only allowed 3 either dogs or cats or a combination of. So I moved to Riverside 66 miles away from my job so I could have my dogs and cats in peace. There was a rule in the city of Riverside that you could have as many dogs and cats as you wanted. Riverside County of course was bigger but they had a limit of 4 dogs. Well I was there for 23 years. I had lived in San Diego where you could have six dogs and as many cats as you wanted because they considered cats wild animals. California is about money so in 2010 a microchip company opened in the next city over from me and Riverside decided to put a limit on how many dogs a person could have oh, they changed it to 4 which is like most places but then they added they'd have to have a microchip. Well a few of my dogs had come with microchips but they conjured up volunteers both young and senior citizens to accompany one animal control officer and they would raid whole neighborhoods with their laser guns. They would stand outside the person's house and if they had a fence and if a dog wouldn't bark they would shake the fence they would shake the gate to make the dog bark and then would point the laser gun in the direction of the noise and it would register if the dog had a microchip or not. Then they got to write out a ticket. My groomer who had the voice box is taken out of her dogs so she could be in hiding, asked me what I was going to do. I told her I was going to pray. And pray I did. She said her daughter found out on the internet that without proof of a microchip in your dog you weren't allowed to renew the dog's license and they had the authority to come in your house without a search warrant and take that dog or cat and hold it for ransom until you pay the fine and got the job done. I was considered a rescuer by most people but that meant nothing to them. I memorized the 91st Psalm and recited it all day. I tried desperately to hang on to California because I loved it so much. But in all the 58 counties the only possibility I had was San Bernardino County where you could have nine dogs and as many cats as you wanted. But I thought they would probably change their minds too. Crestline was a possibility but getting out of Crestline because of a fire or earthquake there's only one way down the hill so there's no Freedom there. After I found Maricopa County unincorporated and moved here I read the horror stories of the Rescuers that tried to fight the system. There became no more term Rescuers and we were called Hoarders.

[@marilynguinnane4663]

@@maryyoung777 -- Thanks a cool million for telling me all that ! When people refer tol my beloved home state as the People's Republic of CA they're not just talking about all the welfare, then. It's just as easily about totalitarian laws !! My God. And I wouldn't chip my animals, not for anything. I left Sonoma County for Reno in 2018 but there were no such laws in Sonoma County, or I'd have left a lot sooner. You know, I felt stifled in CA for all the damned laws. There's a law for everything! When are Californians going to wake up and send the Democrat Party packing?!! I was asked when I moved to Reno, by a local, "Why did you move here?" "I needed to breathe free air again," I said. (Thanks again).

[@wesleyowens4089]

I'm sure you guys know but don't leave cali and vote the same

[@tomortale2333]

FOR SURE MY LIFE REVOLVES AROUND DOGS?! OMG....

[@lamata2013]

Thank you Jeff for the Flagstaff info! I didn't even know about Payson, Slide Rock, somewhere else to explore when I look for cities to move to. AZ 2021!!

[@rustyshackleford7288]

Stay away from flag!!

[@rustyshackleford7288]

Horrible place to live. Poor lower class drug addicts is all they have. I hate it. That place went to shit. There is always fires.

[@travisdavidjohnson8019]

Just found the channel. Love it. Growing up in Mayberry or I mean Snowflake. I would tell everyone that Payson is the best place to live. Center location. Wonderful community. And half hour drive either way from camping in trees or camping in desert

[@zadokmotorfreight2423]

I agree, keep 'em away from Snowflake Lol!!

[@marilynguinnane4663]

Travis David Johnson -- Payson would be my choice except I have an aversion to snow.

[@travisdavidjohnson8019]

I don't remember to much snow in Payson but 30 miles north on the rim yes it snows, but Payson you can snow ski and water ski in the same day, how cool.

[@jacktrout5807]

@@zadokmotorfreight2423 nobody wants to move there so no worries

[@acebensen4626]

Moved to Kingman 3 years ago. I love it!!

[@martinbooze9915]

my grandparents retired to prescott Valley in 2003 I thought it was so beautiful. I live in Kansas city now I would live to some day move around that area it gave me so many good memories

[@cococamargo3178]

Thank you featuring Strawberry, looks serene, clean, and peaceful

[@The_Oldguy]

Our joke here in Bullhead City is: When we want to cool down during the summer we travel to Las Vegas, it will be 5 to 10 degrees cooler. LoL The City of Bullhead is putting their Tax Dollars to work buliding and upgrading the parks, new infrastructure (a second bridge across the Colorado River on the south end of town), very few pot holes, New Fire Station and only a few hours to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Prescott, Flagstaff, San Diego, LA and Yuma. Love it here.

[@Austin.D]

My grandparents actually live up in Heber in a nice cabin I go up there during the summers

[@dakotagower86]

When?

[@al-eteos-imhotepheru-bey3271]

Great video thanks!

[@betsyross1621]

Thanks Jeff great vid

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

I went to slide rock and oak Creek canyon when I was a kid. It was awesome. Now, it's not so awesome. I went three times to go back and see it again and relive some memories in all three times it was closed because it was full. And there is no walk in traffic. So my experience is that if you go to slide rock you might as well prepare to just keep driving.

[@ashersinclaire]

Alright cool deal, let's explore folks 🚗

[@MosheBorisoff]

Could you make a video on Glendale Arizona?

[@guykirchgatter7314]

My dream and goal is to own property in northern az by the white mountains. But i do love strawberry and its community

[@IppyLS]

Did you achieve your goal

[@Tutu-tt6np]

Looking for a place to move to in 2021... I appreciate your vids thank you! P.s.: I checked St Johns lands real estate, HOLY MOLLY!!! cheap land

[@benjaminlujan3789]

Tell us about water. Will water be available. How about taxes? Are contractors available? Can you burn wood in wood heaters?

[@ramonlong1079]

I lived in Page Froa while..great little town..well now city.

[@KendraFrost1986]

Could you please cover Kingman Arizona? I don't know much about the state & I'm moving down there soon.

[@marklouis1890]

I love your videos. Are you going to Arizona vs New Mexico?

[@mrf3175]

New mexico is such a better investment opportunity with the property.

[@jpeg.600x2]

@@mrf3175 how tho?🤔

[@mrf3175]

@@jpeg.600x2 It's not as Hot & competitive as the Market in AZ.

[@jacktrout5807]

@@mrf3175 I agree. The californians should move there the politics are similar

[@bryanpiper5815]

Arizona has the largest pine forest in the U.S.

[@bryanibarra1142]

bryan piper largest ponderosa pine trees in the world

[@rabe7217]

It`s obvious you NEVER been to Oregon and seen a REAL pine forest

[@tomortale2333]

0-REALLY......ZZZZZZZNOOR

[@jacktrout5807]

Correction AZ has the largest continous ponderosa pine Forest that begins in New Mexico. And I have been to Oregon lived there on both sides of the state. The thick forest of the coasts and williamette valley are primarily cedar and fir with some spruce. There are some pine forests in the central and North Eastern portions of oregon but they are not more impressive that Arizonas ponderosa forest. And oregon contains Portland soooo there's that.

[@mavericksization]

Remind me a little of Redding Ca mt Shasta area. Nice !

[@mavericksization]

@Michelle Gile wow. I’m lived in Redding 7-9th grade fun times Now I’m in Monterey county ca

[@nickjaramillo9688]

We have a Payson in Utah it's about 90 min south of Sslt lake city it's mostly s country town

[@rabe7217]

Thanks for opening up the already congested Beeline highway to Payson, Pine and Strawberry!. Every weekend the flatlanders come up here in droves now, i don`t mind it so much if they would leave their "the rules don`t apply to me attitude" and how inconsiderate, rude, and selfish attitudes and show some respect to our forests and campsites!. Take out your trash when you leave and put out your camp fires PROPERLY when you leave! Locals clean up the area every weekend when you leave just so you, can come back the following weekend and do it all again.

[@christopherwateland7453]

PRESCOTT is at the same elevation as Denver (also nicknamed "the mile high" city) ... FLAGSTAFF is much higher than Denver. Flag is at just under 7000 ft.

[@davidgodley521]

I've been to Laughlin when I was a trucker.

[@cashstore1]

Payson is nice. On the small side but not too small. However Payson is not in Northern Arizona. It is North of Phoenix, but it's close to the exact center of the state. The center of the state is a bit West of Strawberry. Prescott is to the West of center. Showlow is to the East of center.

[@luggnutgaspar757]

I have property in Sun Valley near Holbrook. 2 builders plots, side by side. Drove Pheonix to Sun Valley through Sholow, nice town. Great property in Sun Valley You can make a water recycling unit instead of a septic and as long as you remove the axle off an RV that I plan to get out of insurance auctions Holbrook will run utilities to you for free. So you get a place to live for under $10,000.

[@alexherr8376]

Looks like Central and Eastern Oregon for sure!

[@rabe7217]

No part of Arizona is comparable to Eastern Oregon! I grew up there and, now live in Payson and they are not even close!

[@rickkinney3448]

what abut Mayer AZ?

[@alleghenycityproductions]

i am doing research about Prescott i may move there after college. plus i want to build a 4.5 mile E scale 7.5 gauge railroad called the Allegheny Phoenix Western Railroad (APWR) plus i hope to find a partner up there and some friends to help with the railroad. plus i hope to write stories too

[@tomortale2333]

GEE sounds zzzzzzzznoor

[@cashstore1]

Technically Payson is in Southern Arizona. Just a hair under the center line. I also consider Prescott, Cottonwood, Strawberry, Pine, and Payson as central Arizona. It may be North of Phoenix but really the center of the state.

[@1QKGLH]

We're planning a move to AZ, and I'd like to move to northern AZ, seems like there's not a lot of work though?

[@luggnutgaspar757]

I recomend being a C.N.A. you will find work. I do. I am transfering my Florid certification to Az.

[@mrf3175]

You're right. Not a lot of work up north here. It's true. We are super small town.

[@keithcarey6312]

You don't like Kingman? Even with the beautiful mesas and hills everywhere? And the cheap housing is great.

[@thomasmiller6058]

How about Chino Valley.

[@LivinginArizona]

Similar to Prescott Valley isn't it?

[@daisyharris4247]

Of course Flagstaff is slower growing, it's expensive as heck! Williams, Ashfork, or Heber lol

[@ThomasFreestoneInfo]

I live in Pine and I love it, but yeah, keep the flatlanders away LOL

[@terryomalley9669]

I'm a veteran. And I'll live where the heck I want. Jackasses.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

@@terryomalley9669 murica

[@marcysfillet1]

Bullhead probably has cheaper property taxes too.

[@edgeup7919]

How about Fountain Hills?

[@betsyross1621]

Thats pheonix. Its beautiful

[@benjaminlujan3789]

You can fry eggs on a rock. Just put a little cooking oil. Find a rock that is llike a plate. Add some oil, cook onions, eggs. Potatoes, etc. Then scoop up on paper plate. Eat, But, do not litter. Birds will eat left overs. Save water when you have water. The SUN IS HOT!!!!!

[@williamhudson7179]

Keep down playing Kingman and make sure your gas stops are short...

[@SmokinZen]

Would be good to know if there’s medical services nearby not good if these places are to far from them

[@eddyaruda486]

Didn't you have a KZbin channel in Hawaii?

[@AngelxGarcia__]

I'm from Bullhead, plz do BHC vs Havasu

[@jacktrout5807]

Those two towns aren't the same thing?

[@downieduck2414]

I am 60 something female looking for a good ol cowboy type who can accompany me on a trip around these areas trailering my horse...i would love to ride in all the national parks but as well just love az and utah for that.

[@IppyLS]

I can help

[@boots1131]

Why didn't you like kingman

[@johnbeaver5135]

You didn’t mention littlefield and that area. That’s northern Arizona.

[@scotmiller5979]

Mountain lions, bear, coyotes and snakes city folks beware.

[@Mary-ws8zh]

I watched one of your videos and loved it, then the next one was pretty good, but the third one made it impossible for me to hear with the music overpowering the speaking (I have tinnitus so certain types of music actually hurt!) Then the last one about Northern AZ, the format is not good. I could get the same quality using Google myself. I will try one more, then unsubscribe if I can't hear it.

[@dove7271]

Dont know Cali's laws persay but laws are for a reason and some can be good for the majority. I know this thou that a yard with barking dog/dogs and/or cats coming into your yard for their potty box can sure ruin anyones good day. ~Been there... I love animals too and have them but my neighbors peace has to be taken into consideration as well or it would be downright selfish on my part. GOD Blessings.

[@patrogers3560]

Seligman??????

[@lilshaz8378]

Family has property near there. Nobody mentions Seligman in any AZ video.

[@bryanpiper5815]

Nothing in pine or strawberry

[@rabe7217]

Wrong! Retiree`s from the valley that invade the area!

[@LM-lk6co]

Anthem Az!

[@slackleashdogtraining3598]

“summer is going to be the hottest for sure”. pithy. consider editing out what isn’t necessary to your communication you’ll attract more information seekers.

[@firepraise510]

Been looking at Wckenburg, Yuma, and In which town would I have the biggest bang for my hard - earned buck? Has a very high quality of life for the family? The best services? All around community where you are not looked at as an outsider? Lest amount of annual property taxes? Most available raw land and investment properties? Thank you in advance, Jeff, For adding your own personal experiences into your answers. P.S. - Sure would love a video of the best areas for both mountain biking and skiing in AZ. Your videos are straight up authentic. May God richly bless you and your family through this awkward time in our nation's history.

[@betsyross1621]

Yuma is south

[@jacktrout5807]

Where are you from?

[@arnoldziffle8779]

Screw Bullhead City, like one of those places you end up when you got no other options.

[@jessecolombatto8184]

First thing I’m going to do when I search for a home in these cities is notify all the locas that you told me, and millions of other people to go check out their city. Haha jk 😜

[@tomortale2333]

ABOVE u mean millions of lost souls''

[@patriciamillar5496]

Pine, Strawberry are expensive

[@kkdeveauxgue2784]

Arizona looks like Indian country

[@maryyoung777]

When I was in California trying to figure out where to move in Arizona I learned that Flagstaff which would be way too cold anyway for me was full of California people and Prescott which was just wonderful weather was full of Californians. No thanks.

[@marilynguinnane4663]

@Lavern -- I'm a conservative and "I" am a native of CA. I live in Reno now and in the Trump For Re-election group that I joined, there were approx. 30 volunteers. One was from WA state and the rest were from CA. Extremely nice folks. I'm a little tired of all the California bashing.

[@RogueReplicant]

@@marilynguinnane4663 To most people, "California" means liberal stupidity and the feces-ridden "sidewalks" of LA-SF. Disgruntled, exasperated conservative Angeleno here 😑

[@rustyshackleford7288]

Flagstaff has mold in all the motels. I worked at most. In every kitchen there of seen people shoot heroin smoke math inside the kitchen I've seen people use chemicals as sanitizer. They don't know better. the whole town is ignorant. they have a 3rd grade education most people don't graduate high school. No jobs. The school nau has drugs and fake gangs making trouble. Horrible place to live. People live in the same house same job their whole life. Sad to see. Do not move there. Do not!! I'm moving. It is way to expensive and no job market.

[@tomortale2333]

thank u for ur honesty...i've NEVER understood why anybody gets excited bout flagstaff....just a big dump. u mention the low education....ive walked campus there n the kids seemed lost in time [stuck]''...n ur right was very sad to see how messed up thet are

[@jacktrout5807]

This is the best advertisement target to californians I have eve seen if they read this they will come.

[@georgewashington938]

I try to avoid ghetto -ways

[@randallwells2892]

I live in Kingman and love it. Sorry you don't like it. Stay away.

[@tomortale2333]

BEEN TO FLAGSTAFF/COLLEGE TOWN KOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST A ''TRUCKSTOP BEFORE THE COLLEGE THE WHOLE TOWN SEEMS DREARY...THE COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE STUCK IN THE 60'S WHOLE PL=BIG 0

[@jacktrout5807]

Ha commifornians have been moving to preskit for a thousand years.

[@donnasloane9031]

It's not pres kit.....it's pres kott.....

[@betsyross1621]

No its pronounced kitt

[@rickyhessler894]

Your pronouncing PRESCOTT WRONG!

[@RogueReplicant]

Is weed legal in Arizona??

[@LivinginArizona]

RogueReplicant medical

[@RogueReplicant]

Living in Arizona Now - Uh, well, I just happened to start feeling kind of sick, so... Great info, like the laid-back style and the Google map views, just subscribed!

[@elizabethcapstick7074]

No

[@jacktrout5807]

Yuuup and thus the mega mass exodus to az from commiefornia. We're getting all the dopers.

[@remonjackson6247]

@@RogueReplicant o

[@jjohnson9707]

Take a dump in oak Creek canyon

[@thomasdaum1927]

Yea , ( PLEASE ) stay away from Kingman !

[@ericproctor1579]

You quit telling people about these areas You don't want to get crowded🤬

[@lindaaaron9653]

Lose the map. It's not helpful.

[@grandcanyoncarrentals7036]

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[@lrwado8150]

Lame report. You only mention Kingman at the end, and you go on to dis it bigtime. They have the railroad museum and part of Rt 66, plus other great stuff. You hit me as a snob because of this.