I lived in Kingman,AZ from June 3 1998-May 20 2004 (not counting the 6 weeks I stayed in CA in 2003) Kingman is in Northwestern AZ, up on I-40.
No, I don't live in mesa but i am probably moving to tempe in a few months!! i saw mesa, just a little bit of it and i really liked it. honestly tempe seems like too much of a rich/upscale town...however i only saw it for a day while i visited asu. but regardless i'm moving there anyway, i hear the weather's nice and it's gotta be better than cleveland ohio! are there any nice parks around phoenix/mesa?
http://groups.msn.com/ARIZONAREGIONALGATHERINGRAINBOWFAMILY I'm not in AZ but I thought I'd plug these folks. They're trying to get something started.