Fountain Hills, Arizona

Life in Fountain Hills, Arizona, explained by people who’ve lived in Fountain Hills:

*Response format = Answer (Your name, How long you’ve lived in Fountain Hills)

Fountain Hills Favorites

What’s your favorite thing about living in Fountain Hills?

How quiet it is. (Amanda, 3 years)
Views. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Getting from point A to B in very short time frame. (Elise, 4 years)
It’s beautiful and lots of community events. Love hiking. (Kristiana, 4 years)
It wasn’t overpopulated and where I lived we had a 30 ft drop and a wash that got nicely flooded in storms, all kinds of fun kid things to do. (Jennifer, 7 years)
The fountain, the view. (Debbie, 9 years)
Small town activities. (Yesi, 15 years)
The small-town feeling and friendliness of residents. (Carol, 17 years)
Small town feel. (Kimberly, 20 years)

What’s your least favorite thing about living in Fountain Hills?

How far it is from not quiet. (Amanda, 3 years)
People who work in town. (Anonymous, 4 years)
How the city is controlling those 4 way street crossings (not enough safety precautions), no street lights, only 4-way stop go intersections, accidents waiting to happen! (Elise, 4 years)
Rednecks, small minded small town people, lack of sophistication. Best and worst of a small town. (Kristiana, 4 years)
The 45 minute bus rides to and from Coronado high school and if you didn’t have a car or cool parents, you were seriously stuck. (Jennifer, 7 years)
Shopping. (Debbie, 9 years)
The drive to everywhere else: movies, Costco, etc. (Yesi, 15 years)
The heavy demographics of mostly older people and the fact that we are building more senior care facilities instead of things that would attract younger families. BTW, I am one of the elders. (Carol, 17 years)
Not many young families. (Kimberly, 20 years)

What are fun things to do in Fountain Hills?

The park, eating out, going for walks. (Amanda, 3 years)
Look at the stars. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Arts, crafts, fairs, the events at The Fountain. (Elise, 4 years)
St. Patrick’s Day, Easter service, Fourth of July celebration, Ballet outdoors, Thanksgiving parade. (Kristiana, 4 years)
Well back in my day in my life cliff sliding getting head to toe muddy from wash to just getting into trouble. (Jennifer, 7 years)
Hike, bike, fairs, weekend events at fountain, great churches. (Debbie, 9 years)
Town events: fairs, St. Patrick’s day, Thanksgiving parade, etc. (Yesi, 15 years)
Walk around the fountain. Wish there were more things to see. (Carol, 17 years)
Not much except a couple parks. (Kimberly, 20 years)

What’s Fountain Hills known for?

What’s the crime like in Fountain Hills? (hot spot areas, etc.)

None that I know of. (Amanda, 3 years)
Drugs. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Crime is everywhere you go! (Elise, 4 years)
We left doors unlocked back in those days, I think it to be because some of us were smoking too much cigaweed in the wash on way to school maybe. (Jennifer, 7 years)
Normal, the villas. (Debbie, 9 years)
4 Peaks. (Yesi, 15 years)
Luckily, we are fairly major crime free. (Carol, 17 years)
Not much crime at all. (Kimberly, 20 years)

Any advice for people moving to Fountain Hills?

If you like going out a lot, it’s probably going to be too quiet, unless you also like a bit of a drive. (Amanda, 3 years)
Don’t move to Fountain Hills when you have kids. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Stay positive, enjoy the love and light Fountain Hills has to offer. (Elise, 4 years)
Be wary of small town people, keep your distance, and enjoy the javelinas! (Kristiana, 4 years)
Don’t drink the water!!! (Jennifer, 7 years)
Enjoy, get to know how awesome your neighbors are. (Debbie, 9 years)
Be prepared for things to close early and to drive if you want to go to the movies or mall. (Yesi, 15 years)
You need to enjoy friendly people and a slower life style. (Carol, 17 years)
It’s a great little town, but not much to do. (Kimberly, 20 years)

Share an experience you’ve had in Fountain Hills (fun, crazy, dangerous, etc.).

Came for a visit three years ago and went into labor two months early. Somehow still here, but if I have to live in the heat, this is where I’d want to be. (Amanda, 3 years)
Quiet time. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Walking the fountain is an everyday beautiful experience! (Elise, 4 years)
12-13 pack of javelina coming to door once a month.. feed them occasionally, best part of living here! (Kristiana, 4 years)
Way too many, way too many. (Jennifer, 7 years)
Love walking the dog around the fountain! Meeting people. (Debbie, 9 years)
I went to high school in Fountain Hills, so plenty of experiences working for parks and rec. (Yesi, 15 years)
Meeting new friends at Starbucks. (Carol, 17 years)
Friends I’ve had for 20 years. (Kimberly, 20 years)

How do you think Fountain Hills will change over the next 10 years?

Over-populated. (Elise, 4 years)
More younger people: 20, 30, 40-year-olds. (Kristiana, 4 years)
It has changed drastically over the years and I don’t see it slowing down much. (Jennifer, 7 years)
I hope more retail stores. (Debbie, 9 years)
Hopefully it will begin to cater to younger families with kids and not just retirement. (Yesi, 15 years)
Hopefully the town council will see that we need to attract more families and stop building non-family buildings. (Carol, 17 years)
It will turn into a retirement community. (Kimberly, 20 years)

Any other interesting facts about Fountain Hills?

Realtors destroy the town. (Anonymous, 4 years)
Good people here! (Elise, 4 years)
It is 19 square miles surrounded by Indian reservation so make sure you have reliable transportation or a hell of a carpool system. (Jennifer, 7 years)
Awesome Easter sunrise service at the fountain with community churches coming together to worship. Its beautiful! (Debbie, 9 years)
Has some really great mom/pop restaurants. (Yesi, 15 years)
Love that it can’t grow too large. (Carol, 17 years)
Homes are crazy expensive! (Kimberly, 20 years)