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re: If you were to buy land in New Mexico..
Posted on 6/18/26 at 5:59 am to highcotton2
Posted on 6/18/26 at 5:59 am to highcotton2
That’s why it’s called Paradise Valley, Highcotton.
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Posted on 6/18/26 at 6:01 am to FAT SEXY
What do you intend to do with said land?
For me, it’d be North Central. Lots of elk around Chama.
For me, it’d be North Central. Lots of elk around Chama.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 9:05 am to FAT SEXY
Anywhere bordering the Gila
Posted on 6/18/26 at 9:41 am to FAT SEXY
My granddaughter (no pics) got married in Durango Co. back in 21. I drove to Farmington to play golf, and the drive was beautiful through countryside. Lush, green, hilly, just absolutely beautiful. Very rural.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 1:01 pm to deltafarmer
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We have a place in Angel Fire and really like it at all times of the year. If you are looking there you will find really nice places at good prices compared to other ski areas. Angel Fire is the second type of destination you mentioned, the we are going to go here a few times a year to relax type. I wish we could go more than we do but our house rents well on VRBO and that helps a lot to pay for it.
We first started going to AF on “guy trips” for mountain biking. Eventually my wife started coming along as well. At first, she wasn’t a huge fan because there’s so little in the way of restaurants, shops, bars, etc… like we have long loved in Santa Fe, but she’s slowly gotten to the point that’s the very thing she really likes about AF. We like to just grill and cook a bunch while we are there and truly slow down when not riding the bike park.
I will say that while the grocery store is really great as far as selection for its size, the prices are absolutely insane. In addition, just one decent brewery with good food (similar to that in Red River) would be really nice. The new wine bar is pretty good, though, just not as big as the RR brewery/distillery so can be tough to find seating. We haven’t been back since Nuckoll’s has opened (assuming it has), but I like their beer. No clue if the food and vibes will be any good.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 1:33 pm to hogfly
We try to do our heavy grocery shopping in Taos before we get to Angel Fire for the reason you mentioned. Good store, just very expensive. The El Jefe bar/restaurant is a must for us when we go. I haven't been to any of the new places because we haven't been in a couple of years now. We went a lot when we purchased the house but slowed down our travels there. The biggest drawback to Angel Fire to me is that it isn't easy to get to if you fly. We usually fly to Albuquerque, rent a car and drive in. A friend of mine says Taos is a better place to own especially if you intend to do short term rentals when you aren't there. He says the numbers are much better according to AirDNA. I like Angel Fire though because it offers so much more of what we like....hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, skiing, etc. Sitting on the back porch sipping coffee in mid July when the temp there is 48 if a great change of pace when its 80 here. We do like the golf course there too. It's got kind of a strange layout to me but really pretty views.
This post was edited on 6/18/26 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:15 pm to FAT SEXY
It'd depend on what I was buying it for. If just a retirement home and no acreage anywhere between from Colorado to nearly Texas down the middle of the state has smallish towns that would be an ideal place to beat summer heat. If you're talking about land to hunt depends on what you want to hunt but the same area would fit the bill for big game and turkeys. Buying land to hunt in New Mexico is not necessary though...you couldn't possibly hunt 1/10th of the highly productive public land in a lifetime. Personally I would LOVE to own 500 or so acres between Bitter Lake NWR and Carlsbad or so in the Pecos Valley. Especially around Hagerman. The duck and goose and crane hunting is incredible and dove and quail hunting may be the best there is in the US. My second choice would be around Clovis and Portales for the same reasons and third would be the same thing anywhere along the Rio Grande Valley south of Albeuqurque to El Paso. I was as happy in New Mexico as I have been anywhere in the US that wasn't in the south eastern US.....folks overlook the waterfowl and upland hunting in New Mexico and that is the reason I loved living there....
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:16 pm to rodnreel
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Cloudcroft and backed up to Lincoln National Forest
Where you can shoot turkeys off the front porch! Fantastic area...
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:20 pm to FAT SEXY
If a person enjoys social distancing - I have been practicing it for 60 years but didn't know what it was until March 2020 - New Mexico is damned hard to beat. In most of the state you could blindfold yourself, spin around 3 times and whichever direction you pointed in drive 15 minutes and you wouldn't see another human being for days if you did not want to. That said the isolation ain't for eerybody....it is hard country on women and horses....
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:42 pm to AwgustaDawg
Love taking the rv and ATV south of Cloudcroft and spending a couple days trail riding. Been awhile but there was a burger joint in weed, curious if it is still operating.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 7:14 pm to AwgustaDawg
Sounds like a great place to live but maybe not the place I’d care much about owning land, unless it’s thousands of acres or gives access to some remote public land.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 7:27 pm to dat yat
Also where the original Red Dawn was filmed
Posted on 6/19/26 at 9:51 am to FAT SEXY
I would have to purchase land where Walt and Jesse buried money and cooked junk.
Posted on 6/19/26 at 10:04 am to FAT SEXY
Southeast with mineral rights. Then take the proceeds and buy land in Montana. 
Posted on 6/19/26 at 10:17 pm to 257WBY
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What do you intend to do with said land?
Relax and take in the scenery and solitude. Winter place. Maybe harvest a big muley or elk every once in awhile.
Hopefully find a few arrowheads.
Posted on 6/20/26 at 6:05 am to FAT SEXY
You can do all of that without buying land. If you want to hunt New Mexico, purchase a landowner tag and hunt public. Unless you’re able to purchase vast acreage, the hunting would be better on public, anyway.
Also, with Air B&B, you can rent a place to enjoy. When the trips over, the maintenance and upkeep belong to someone else.
Also, with Air B&B, you can rent a place to enjoy. When the trips over, the maintenance and upkeep belong to someone else.
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