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re: Tell me about Santa Fe New Mexico!
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:28 am to Kujo
Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:28 am to Kujo
Pueblo style houses that will run you around $1million pending how close you are to the city center
A lot of West coast boomers own second homes there
Great food, art and shopping
Close to Taos if you enjoy the mountains; countless outdoor activities within the city and outside the city.
A lot of West coast boomers own second homes there
Great food, art and shopping
Close to Taos if you enjoy the mountains; countless outdoor activities within the city and outside the city.
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Posted on 2/5/19 at 9:35 am to ellishughtiger
This thread shows how little I know about Santa Fe and New Mexico. The sheer amount of liberals, Greenpeace, and Social Justice Warriors replies or surprising. Hell, they'll "get mad at you if you watch football at bars" had me laughing.
Santa Fe sounds like Berkley or Portland. I always assumed Santa Fe as a more Western, cowboy type town.
Santa Fe sounds like Berkley or Portland. I always assumed Santa Fe as a more Western, cowboy type town.
This post was edited on 2/5/19 at 9:40 am
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:37 am to Emteein
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Why pass up Taos? It’s very good skiing and even closer than Colorado.
Great white water rafting in Taos, too.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:40 am to The Cool No 9
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Oh and everyone will whine if you want to watch football in any of the bars
I watched CFB at the bar all day with some UT folks during my last trip.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:42 am to 8miles
Run don't walk there. One of my favorite places. If I could get a decent job there I would
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:10 am to LSUbase13
It is all those things. It is both predominantly liberal and full of those that have a Western-like independent mindset. A very large number of extremely wealthy people live in Santa Fe or have 2nd homes there--many trust fund children that are now adults, actors, retired executives. As well as starving artists, potheads, and malcontents. On top of all that there are the poor Indians that seem to hate whites. And tourists. Summer is a mess.
I have family there. It is an oasis in the high desert that is unlike any place I have ever been. Austin is normal compared to Santa Fe.
I have family there. It is an oasis in the high desert that is unlike any place I have ever been. Austin is normal compared to Santa Fe.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:21 am to 8miles
Expensive a 1000 sq ft house cost my son $360k a few years ago. They had a lot of people move from California to there due to cost of living. My son liked the area and quality of life was nice.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:22 am to Ham And Glass
This thread has made me consider visiting SFNM for my birthday in April.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:28 am to johnnyrocket
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Expensive a 1000 sq ft house cost my son $360k a few years ago.
Awful. It seems like the entire western US is plagued by overpriced real estate.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:30 am to Ham And Glass
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Summer is a mess.
What do you mean by this? Just a great influx of tourists?
I assume the weather would be great year around there. Aside from the people, what else do you not like about the town? It's a very old, historic, tourist town. Given how secluded it is, I'm surprised there are a lot of negative comments.
I'd imagine the crime would be minimal, it would be clean and safe, interesting architecture, great food and drink options, natural beauty and charm.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:36 am to GetCocky11
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Expensive a 1000 sq ft house cost my son $360k a few years ago.
Awful. It seems like the entire western US is plagued by overpriced real estate.
$360/sf is pretty much on average of what you would pay to live in any desirable city in the US.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:40 am to LSUbase13
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I always assumed Santa Fe as a more Western, cowboy type town.
They still have old wooden sidewalks in parts of downtown. There's a very high end Lucchese boot store on the square. Bring your $$$$$
Outside of the large cities all of NM is a trailer park.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:43 am to ellishughtiger
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$360/sf is pretty much on average of what you would pay to live in any desirable city in the US.
Keeps the riffraff, like me, out.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:48 am to LSUbase13
Tourists in the summer. Good thing is you don't have to go very far from the downtown area to avoid them. I really like the other seasons there. Especially Winter.
I don't mean to demean Santa Fe at all. The negative comments I think are geared towards those contemplating moving there and I simply wanted to contribute to the whole picture. Much of the insanity of the area wouldn't register on someone visiting for a short time. I love it there. The weather is very dry--the sky incredibly blue. Great town to mountain bike or hike. Fishing is close by. Skiing too. Food is incredible.
I don't mean to demean Santa Fe at all. The negative comments I think are geared towards those contemplating moving there and I simply wanted to contribute to the whole picture. Much of the insanity of the area wouldn't register on someone visiting for a short time. I love it there. The weather is very dry--the sky incredibly blue. Great town to mountain bike or hike. Fishing is close by. Skiing too. Food is incredible.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:55 am to Ham And Glass
300 days of sunshine a year on average.
My sis lives up the road in Bandelier. Would love to be closer to her.
But don’t want to work at LANL either
My sis lives up the road in Bandelier. Would love to be closer to her.
But don’t want to work at LANL either
Posted on 2/5/19 at 11:58 am to hob
I've been visiting Santa Fe for forty years. Here are some stories:
Car broke down and had to be pushed into town on a fiesta day. Mechanic's eyes had the looke of Paul Newman's eyes. He worked on my car through fiesta (two blocks from the city square. Santa Fe hadn't really be discovered then and we had fun while he worked.
Visited oil and gas clients there and they had just discovered that their lease included clay perfect for kitty litter. They were ecstatic.
Was there one time and discovered that most of the hedges were lilacs (it's that cold enough of the year.)
Pulled into town and stopped to buy soft drinks. Guy parked next to our car with Louisiana licenses plate. He asked us if we were moving there to earn a PhD in political corruption? After we chatted for a while, he convinced us he knew Louisiana and could match and raise stories of Polical Corruption easily with his NM experiences.
Then there are the Native Americans, their holidays when they don't work (and don't bother to tell their employers beforehand) and who are the top of the pecking order in many, many facets of life.
We like one artist who paints realistic landscapes of that part of the world. He's not inexpensive. Galleries carry some good (IMO) paintings, but keep afloat selling modernistic odd colored paintings of stylized horses, etc. that look better (I'm told by the dealers) depending on drugs of choice.
A magnificent almost four foot high casting of a really happy pig had just been sold out there for several thousand dollars and was about to take a carefully crated up shipment to Metairie. (We joked it would be too heavy to steel. Seller smirked when we said that.)
Car broke down and had to be pushed into town on a fiesta day. Mechanic's eyes had the looke of Paul Newman's eyes. He worked on my car through fiesta (two blocks from the city square. Santa Fe hadn't really be discovered then and we had fun while he worked.
Visited oil and gas clients there and they had just discovered that their lease included clay perfect for kitty litter. They were ecstatic.
Was there one time and discovered that most of the hedges were lilacs (it's that cold enough of the year.)
Pulled into town and stopped to buy soft drinks. Guy parked next to our car with Louisiana licenses plate. He asked us if we were moving there to earn a PhD in political corruption? After we chatted for a while, he convinced us he knew Louisiana and could match and raise stories of Polical Corruption easily with his NM experiences.
Then there are the Native Americans, their holidays when they don't work (and don't bother to tell their employers beforehand) and who are the top of the pecking order in many, many facets of life.
We like one artist who paints realistic landscapes of that part of the world. He's not inexpensive. Galleries carry some good (IMO) paintings, but keep afloat selling modernistic odd colored paintings of stylized horses, etc. that look better (I'm told by the dealers) depending on drugs of choice.
A magnificent almost four foot high casting of a really happy pig had just been sold out there for several thousand dollars and was about to take a carefully crated up shipment to Metairie. (We joked it would be too heavy to steel. Seller smirked when we said that.)
Posted on 2/5/19 at 12:48 pm to Ham And Glass
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The weather is very dry--the sky incredibly blue
That was one of the surprising things when I visited, the altitude. It's like 7000 feet there. So yeah, going to be very dry.
I get why a bunch of rich folks would have second homes there and real estate would be ridiculous. New Mexico cuisine is awesome, outdoors things to do close by, a lot of culture for a relatively small town.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 1:07 pm to 8miles
It's better than anything in LA.
Posted on 2/5/19 at 1:24 pm to biglego
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Like the ghetto, it seems to proliferate beyond what is numerically possible
I don’t think people from the hood are taking over Santa Fe.
I assume it’s people from CA. But places in CA are still booming too.
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