re: Is New Mexico a nice place to live?

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Unfortunately, there aren’t many secrets anymore in the US. They all seem to be taken over by a certain type of person, thus pricing things out for your average Joe.

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Parts of New Mexico are not immune to that BUT most of the state will be a LONG time in being over ran by assholes because there is no water and the land belongs to the federal government. One could, if they were so inclined, live for months on end in most of New Mexico and never see another person if they did not want to. It is entirely possible that one could live pretty much off the land in New Mexico almost the same way people did 150 years ago, again if one were so inclined. I did it pretty regularly for 3-5 days at a time and I am about as far from a survivalist as one can get.

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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.

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Carlsbad itself is pretty close to what most would consider a shite hole. That said 15 minutes in any direction you can hunt, fish, camp and do so for days without encountering another person if you want to avoid seeing another person. The oil patch is not great anywhere but its possible to escape 99.9% of it 15 minutes in almost any direction from Carlsbad.

Been to Albuquerque quite a bit. During Covid my family told me to back my car into their driveway so the neighbors couldn’t see my Louisiana plates. Apparently neighbors would turn you in for being from a “hot state”, and you’d face possible quarantine.
Do love being able to drive 5 miles out of town into the arroyo and shoot rifles. No telling how many bodies are dumped out there

Went to Albuquerque for 5 days last year. Absolute dump. Ended up driving into Colorado Durango area and spent the last couple days. Albuquerque is Baton Rouge but with Hispanic crack heads

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When I know someone hasn’t traveled New Mexico.

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Literally was in Northern New Mexico, late July; this year.

You're all over this one champ.

A good friend of mine from near Lafitte, LA moved there one summer and never came back to LA. He called me a week later and said it was awesome, it's cool every morning and evening and there are no mosquitos like LA.

After a couple years he bought 5 acres in the hills above Las Vegas, New Mexico. The countryside is nice with elk and other animals all over. There is a national forest a few miles away for great hiking. The little town was kinda dreary, but it wasn't too far from Santa Fe which is really nice.

He paid cash, works construction and built his own off the grid home. He is living the dream.

My daughter and son-in-law recently moved to Clovis. They had very low expectations going in, but they have been pleasantly surprised. They’ve made some good friends and really enjoy the weather. Even hot days don’t feel quite so hot due to the almost-constant breezes and the lack of humidity. They have a sprinkler system for their lawn, so they get to have green grass. Psychologically, I think that has helped them adjust from an area with a lot of green vegetation to a more arid one.

There are a few negatives. You can occasionally smell cow manure in the evening when it wafts over from neighboring cattle ranches. Also, Clovis has a corrupt reputation (the dirty Curry). They had a cop who was actually tipping off his murderous meth-addict girlfriend about houses to rob. There is also a huge gulf between the haves and have nots in Clovis. The nice neighborhoods are lovely and affordable, but when driving through Clovis, it can turn shitty in a hurry. I would not want to live anywhere near a shitty area because I’m sure people in those parts venture out searching for homes to rob and whatnot.

For the most part, they have found that the people there treat them the way they are treated. Both of them are friendly and courteous, and most people are friendly in return. They aren’t at the level of Louisiana friendly, but they aren’t rude or hostile—just a bit more reserved than Southerners.

They have also been to Albuquerque, which they did not like. They accidentally ended up in the war zone while visiting, and they saw a dead body in a shopping center parking lot there. It was unsettling, to say the least. They did visit a cousin who lives at the base of the Sandia mountains, and they said her area was very nice.

From my 2 trips to New Mexico, I liked it.

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