Anyone Ever Been to New Mexico?

[Catsmeow]

My husband and I have been in Florida for a LONG....time. Bill's been here for 21 years and this is my native state.

Frankly, after 3 hurricanes last year, we are FRIED! You cannot even imagine the stress of ONE hurricane...let alone TWO..but 3 did us in.

Not many of you know how WIPED OUT I am after that...the stress is something you really DON'T hear about on the news.

Until it hits YOUR state, you just can't imagine how hard it is.

There's so much debris from the hurricane, they burn the mulch from trees at NIGHT and it sets off our FIRE ALARM AT NIGHT....!!!!

Mulched trees that uprooted during the hurricanes are torched and we suffer.

We look like a real WAR ZONE....and it's cost us healthy air and gagging on smoke trying to clean up the debris.

We're tired...of living in hurricane alley.

So, hubby and I are wanting to move to a HIGH altitude (7,000 ft above sea level) yet not too cold.

Colorado is OUT. Too cold. New Mexico has a great VA Clinic and lots of great history and dessert. No mowing lawns...(YAY).

Santa Fe looks like pricey real estate. Maybe Albuquerque.

Any feedback from ANYBODY????

[Leonard]

Hey Cat's! Santa Fe is pricey! It is very beautiful there though.

I think viewing Albequerque from the mountains at night is one of the most beautiful sights in the whole world! To me it is a very nice area, although I like Denver better. Albuquerque is much smaller than Denver, and the Winter climate is a little milder.

Have you considered Prescott, Arizona? Or some lower elevation and more southerly portions of Colorado. Also Roswell, New Mexico is really nice, and real estate is cheaper, and who knows, maybe you'll make friends with a Martian or two!

Praying for you guys.

Leonard

[Catsmeow]

Hey, brother Leonard...

We're looking for a high elevation because we want very dry air due to my arthritis.

The humidity leaves me stiff as a board. Florida is warm, which I love...but it's sadly very humid, which is problematic.

I heard Santa Fe is pricey. If Albuquerque is cheaper, that'd be the ticket.

We're thinking that might be the way...since there's a VA hospital there.

We don't want a real big city...we're sick of traffic and congestion. Florida is becoming like an ant colony.

We'd like to get away from the noise, pollution and humidity...but I can't tolerate real cold weather. I need a climate ideal for people with arthritis.

Arizona is "snake city" and hot as blazes in the warmer months...

[nebula]

I spent a week in northern NM as part of a college cross-cultural trip to the Navajo Nation.

There is a lot of beauty there!

I advise two things, though:

Hats and sunglasses!

The air there is very clear - so clear that the Sun is much, much brighter (ever "see" the Sun look white?).

ANother thing, if you go to Albuquerque, don't forget to take the left turn!

[Matthitjah]

ANother thing, if you go to Albuquerque, don't forget to take the left turn!

Hey this ain't Pismo beach???

Oh brother close Sesame. LOL LOL

Peace,

Dave

[Nicks Girl]

I was just recently in New Mexico, and it was different... but I wouldn't want to live there. I didn't think it was all that pretty. We drove through Arizona though. My Husband lived in Prescott, Arizona, and it was GORGEOUS!!!! Everywhere in Arizona we went it was WONDERFUL, and the altitude is quite high in Prescott. VERY dry. New Mexico was very... BLAH to me, my husband, and my father(who came on our road trip with us. We moved to WA. State)

Good luck with your move

PS. we lived in Florida all summer and was there through the Hurricanes. On top of the fact I HATED Florida anyways... THAT made it worse.

[DonnaPs25]

Nick's Girl, I LIVE in Prescott, AZ!!! Wow, wonder if i'd know your husband or his family. I've lived here since I was 4.

Catsmeow, I love it here. It's not too hot or too cold, and we get all 4 seasons and have a dry climate. But real estate is so pricey, and wages are not comparable. They consider it a 'retirement' place. We are growing by leaps and bounds so that might help, and they DO have a VAMC in town.

My sister and best friend live in Albuquerque. My sister has been there about 4 years now and loves it. She moved there, as she found that weather-wise it was very similar to Prescott, yet she could get work there that fit her field. She just picked it by random act, and has been so thankful it's where the Lord led her.

If you want more info on either, let me know.

Best wishes on your search.

Donna

[Guest hubertdorm]

I live here in Albuquerque. I was born here, moved to Chama, then Dulce, back to Albuquerque, then to York, NE, and then down to Abilene,TX, and then to Ft. Worth, TX.

Now I'm back in ABQ Seems I just can't stay away.

Abq is beautiful. It has less humidity than Texas, and so definitely Florida. You can walk the trails on the mountain, in the valley, or go the west side's desert.

As far as traffic? Well, we do have ours. I-25 (which runs N-S) get's pretty clogged at rush hour. I-40 (E-W) is pretty nice, and only stops when there's a wreck. Er, btw, New Mexico drivers aren't all that great. We have lots of uninsured motorists, so be sure to get protection.

Pollution isn't bad, but people complain.

The balloon fiesta is held here every year. I don't know if you've seen this. It is a common site to see one or two in the sky every weekend, but in October, we have hundreds and hundreds from all over the world.

Something to consider would be the economy. I don't know what y'all do for a living (I still say "y'all" even though I'm not in TX) The cost of living in ABQ is high, while the income is low. This makes it hard. But, well I'm poor, but I'm not starving. We do have some rich people here. We are just a poor state.

Nick's girl mentioned Prescott. I've visited there twice, and it is beautiful also. I don't know anything about the city though, except that downtown get's jammed everyday.

About the VA hospital... When my grandparents first moved here (before I was born) they had gone there for healthcare. Gpa was WW2 vet. They had to find an alternative hospital because they said they could never get helped there. It was packed with people always, and had to wait hours and hours just to get checked by a nurse. I don't know if it is still this way.

[other one]

Catsmeow, we have vacationed just north of the border (camped out and fished) and that area is really pretty.

We have driven through the Albuquerque and it is pretty around there. The climate was easy on my allergies and asthma also.

SE

[BibleBoy]

Hi,Cats,

Praise God for all the wonderful things He's done! Heard y'all might moving to New Mexico. Dosen't NM have a lot of Catholics?