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Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:19 pm to cbree88
The ski resort area is pretty nice.
Angel fire is legit
Angel fire is legit
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Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:40 pm to Hetfield
New Mexico is pretty awesome but it's Blue. The high country is great. New Mexican cuisine is by far the best type of Mexican food.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:33 pm to cbree88
I lived in west New Mexico in the high desert. Gorgeous country and unique. You have to like the outdoors. I did a lot of hiking & exploring. I hiked all through the Cibola Forest. Got caught after dark and hiked 2 miles back to truck in pitch dark. Weirdest thing...not one sound in those woods. Felt like you were in a sound booth getting your ears checked it was so quiet. Beautiful night skies...millions of stars out, especially near Chaco Canyon. I lived about 17 miles from Gallup.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:36 pm to cbree88
No. It’s Louisiana in the desert.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:38 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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New Mexico is a shithole
State Motto:
" Not as bad as El Paso "
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:18 pm to N2cars
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New Mexico is a shithole
There are some shitholes but even they have nice views. Spent lots of time in Northern mountains, in all seasons. Enchanting for real. Also been to ABQ, Santa Fe, Las Cruces. Some pics from recent visits to the mountains-
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:18 pm to cbree88
Very rough Lizard People all over.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:27 pm to troyt37
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Lived in Alamogordo for 5 years while the wife was in the Air Force. First 2 years were fine, but if you are a southern boy, you get to missing trees, and shade, and grass after a while
Cloudcroft is 30 min from Alamogordo and has all the trees and shade anyone could ever ask for. Ruidoso is also very close and a nice little town with all sorts of things to do
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:34 pm to CBDTiger
Nice shitter.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:57 pm to CBDTiger
Fun fact: The guy who used to own Murphy's runs a dude ranch in NM.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 12:28 am to SantaFe
In the rural counties you can buy for a lot less but you will sacrifice things like reliable electricity ,health care facilities and high speed internet. In some counties you can't even apply for a job unless you belong to certain families.
The scenery is great, the weather is great and would be a nice place for the retired. If you know where to look there is good food. "
Sacrificing reliable health care facilities isn't high on the list of things retired people look for. A deal breaker issue for most retired folk.
The scenery is great, the weather is great and would be a nice place for the retired. If you know where to look there is good food. "
Sacrificing reliable health care facilities isn't high on the list of things retired people look for. A deal breaker issue for most retired folk.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 1:46 am to cbree88
I heard they sold blue meth in ABQ years ago. But then a plane crashed and it all went to shite eventually.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 1:51 am to cbree88
Phuck the negatigers in this thread who are trashing NM. Just spent a week in N NM and would move my 30 acre Va farm to 6000 ft in Northern NM in a heartbeat.
So you have a 30-45 min drive to a Walmart, WGAS. It’s truly Gods country. Bring your ATVs and long range scopes.
So you have a 30-45 min drive to a Walmart, WGAS. It’s truly Gods country. Bring your ATVs and long range scopes.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 2:30 am to Mr Roboto
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Poor and very liberal. If you can afford it, Santa Fe is awesome. 7000’ up so weather is exquisite year round, as long as you are okay with a little snow.
Look in to Flagstaff AZ. Similar climate and outdoor recreation with better politics.
Been atop Sandia Peak in late July. 62 degrees at mid afternoon. Definitely a nice change from Vegas summers.
White Sands is a hidden gem.
The AZ high country as gotten a lot more liberal with the California refugee influx, especially areas like Sedona and Flagstaff.
Both states offer the best and worst of Route 66. So many areas that are well past their best days. Williams, AZ is an exception.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 2:37 am to cbree88
My company offers a 15% monthly raise on your salary to move to Carlsbad. I've turned it down for the past two years. I'll stick to 14/14. It is a shithole.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 3:04 am to cbree88
I've enjoyed some good times in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Sadly my last memory of New Mexico was the breaking news about Mike Leach while I was out on a job in jal.
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Posted on 8/28/24 at 5:13 am to CBDTiger
Absolutely agree.
Beautiful parts of the State...
Beautiful parts of the State...
Posted on 8/28/24 at 6:22 am to cbree88
I lived in SE New Mexico for nearly 5 years and I was in HEAVEN. I absolutely loved it. I could leave my house and drive 15 minutes in any direction and not see another person for days on end if I wanted to. I could do the same thing every day of dove season and shoot a limit of doves without a soul around and could shoot 8-10 quail at least every third trip of a 3-4 hours hunting. Could shoot a limit every day If I hunted 8-10 hours. Averaged close to 4 ducks over about 60 days and in 5 years saw exactly one other group hunting ducks and they were hunting about 5 miles from me (used the same low spot on the river to launch a boat). These were good ducks also....not ringnecks but all common puddlers except woodies and saw redheads and cans every trip. Had easy access to some really good goose (light and dark) on private property simply by asking and was inundated with people wanting me to take them crane hunting on private property when word got out I could decoy cranes. From September through mid February I hunted something 3-4 hours 5-6 days a week. Almost all of it on public land (geese and cranes were mostly private land).
I could also throw a tent in the truck and some basic camping gear and spend 3-4 days camping just about anywhere I damn well pleased and never spend two nights in the same spot. And again never encounter another person if I did not want to. Lots of people do this with their ATVs and dirt bikes and have miles and miles and miles of trails and oil field roads to ride.
Had a sizeable lake (by New Mexico standards) 10 minutes from the house and about the time hunting was done the white and largemouth bass would get active and it was common to catch 40-50 whites and 20-30 lms several days a week. Not big ones, about 1 pound whites and 2-3 pound largemouth, but lots of them and almost no one around. Also had stocked trout in town during the winter so I could catch 8 stock rainbows for supper almost every day of the week if we wanted to eath them that often. Again, almost no else around the entire time.
ABQ and Sante Fe are simlar - more people but nothing compared to what we are accustomed to east of the Mississippi. You'd have to drive 30-40 minutes from ABQ to do what I describe above and private land is more common. Sante Fe is about as uncrowded but the hunting and fishing is not as good...plenty good enough but not as good....as what I enjoyed.
There is a LOT of poverty in New Mexico and drugs seem more problematic. Lots of thieves even in very rural areas. Crime is pretty bad in ABQ. Not horrible but not great. Schools are not great....ranked at or near the bottom. Wages are pretty low and not a lot of "good" jobs. Loads of jobs in the oil patch though....heaps and piles of them. Healthcare is not great but no worse than it is in most rural areas...probably pretty good in ABQ and SF and Las Cruces. Outside of ABQ there is not a lot to do if you do not like being left alone and need crowds and stuff to enjoy life. People are very friendly but will seem distant because most of them have either grown up in an area without a lot of people are they moved to NM to get away from people...but they will warm up. Roads and highways are TERRIBLE....not a lot of tax revenue between low wages, almost the entire state belonging to the federal government and a very low population density.
Almost everyone I knew or met in New Mexico were SERIOUS shooters....shooting rifles in New Mexico is a big deal....lots of LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG ranges and lots of people spend a lot of time target shooting.
Big game hunting is excellent but it requires a lot of manuevering of regulations. I went with other people but I did not try to get drawn because it was too damned complicated. It is excellent though. Turkey hunting may be the best in the US and for the most part is over the counter licenses.
It takes a certain type of person to be happy in New Mexico. My wife and kids weren't nearly as enamored with the Land of Enchantment as I was LOL. For someone who enjoys being outdoors with no one else around it was ideal for me. If you aren't content alone it may be boring or even miserable. If a person enjoys the outdoors I don't think short of Alaska there is a better place to live....its convenient, no one is around and there is more to do than there is time to do it.
I could also throw a tent in the truck and some basic camping gear and spend 3-4 days camping just about anywhere I damn well pleased and never spend two nights in the same spot. And again never encounter another person if I did not want to. Lots of people do this with their ATVs and dirt bikes and have miles and miles and miles of trails and oil field roads to ride.
Had a sizeable lake (by New Mexico standards) 10 minutes from the house and about the time hunting was done the white and largemouth bass would get active and it was common to catch 40-50 whites and 20-30 lms several days a week. Not big ones, about 1 pound whites and 2-3 pound largemouth, but lots of them and almost no one around. Also had stocked trout in town during the winter so I could catch 8 stock rainbows for supper almost every day of the week if we wanted to eath them that often. Again, almost no else around the entire time.
ABQ and Sante Fe are simlar - more people but nothing compared to what we are accustomed to east of the Mississippi. You'd have to drive 30-40 minutes from ABQ to do what I describe above and private land is more common. Sante Fe is about as uncrowded but the hunting and fishing is not as good...plenty good enough but not as good....as what I enjoyed.
There is a LOT of poverty in New Mexico and drugs seem more problematic. Lots of thieves even in very rural areas. Crime is pretty bad in ABQ. Not horrible but not great. Schools are not great....ranked at or near the bottom. Wages are pretty low and not a lot of "good" jobs. Loads of jobs in the oil patch though....heaps and piles of them. Healthcare is not great but no worse than it is in most rural areas...probably pretty good in ABQ and SF and Las Cruces. Outside of ABQ there is not a lot to do if you do not like being left alone and need crowds and stuff to enjoy life. People are very friendly but will seem distant because most of them have either grown up in an area without a lot of people are they moved to NM to get away from people...but they will warm up. Roads and highways are TERRIBLE....not a lot of tax revenue between low wages, almost the entire state belonging to the federal government and a very low population density.
Almost everyone I knew or met in New Mexico were SERIOUS shooters....shooting rifles in New Mexico is a big deal....lots of LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG ranges and lots of people spend a lot of time target shooting.
Big game hunting is excellent but it requires a lot of manuevering of regulations. I went with other people but I did not try to get drawn because it was too damned complicated. It is excellent though. Turkey hunting may be the best in the US and for the most part is over the counter licenses.
It takes a certain type of person to be happy in New Mexico. My wife and kids weren't nearly as enamored with the Land of Enchantment as I was LOL. For someone who enjoys being outdoors with no one else around it was ideal for me. If you aren't content alone it may be boring or even miserable. If a person enjoys the outdoors I don't think short of Alaska there is a better place to live....its convenient, no one is around and there is more to do than there is time to do it.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 6:26 am to AUbagman
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I lived in Albuquerque for 5 years. Don’t live there. Besides that, loved the state (politics aside). The amount of public lands are something I miss immensely.
Seriously, the amount of space available for use is staggering. It is almost overwhelming. I miss that almost as much as I miss being in the Caribbean and being able to fish 7 days a week. There is so much open space available to the public to use it is not uncommon for people to go missing without a trace. While that is without a doubt intimidating it is also very liberating for most Americans who live so close to other people we have no idea what quite means and haven't seen true darkness in years.
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