Albuquerque or Tucson 10 year outlook

[observe]

Originally Posted by Karaokeboy

Albuquerque or Tucson in 10 years. The first thing you should ask is if it'll be affordable living either place in a decade. The way oil prices are going up (oil has gone from $20 to $130 a barrel in seven years) it may be too expensive to live in either place.ity.In ten years I doubt if there will be many people still in either c

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"In ten years I doubt if there will be many people still in either city"
Ridiculous statement!

[Todd TCE]

Yea I'm not feeling that comment either. Where exactly will all those people go when gas prices are even higher. Correct me if I'm wrong here but I think with higher costs people tend to stay put a bit more. If anything I think higher fuel costs will slow future growth with costs of materials transport higher and lower the prospects for other companies to consider moving in.

[abqsunport]

Karaokeboy, what planet are you living in? If people can't afford to live in ABQ or Tucson, than they can't afford to live in 90% of the United States big cities.

[6 FOOT 3]

Originally Posted by abqsunport

Right now it appears that New Mexico is the next "it" place. Arizona and Colorado hads its moment in the sun, Austin is currently having its moment in the sun...and it looks like that should continue. Albuquerque is on the verge of great economic growth (and undoutbly population growth which will hopefully be a controlled growth). I would say you can't go wrong with either city, but Albuquerque probably has the brightest future at the moment.

Good point ABQSunport.........New Mexico is the ''It'' state along with Texas and Oklahoma as i see it right now.

Our 4 military bases are expanding. A 2 billion dollar Nuclear facility in Eunice is under construction. New Spaceport and Nascar Racetrack in T or C under construction.. Mesa Del Sol in Albuquerque with high tech companies building out there and 100,000 new residents in 20 years and 10 New schools under construction in ABQ. Also Rio Rancho is BOOMING and is Rio Rancho building new schools too and 2 new Hospitals soon to break ground out there. The Indian Pueblo Casinos are BOOMING and modernizing the Pueblos and providing jobs for their members. Las Cruces is BOOMING and building new schools and NMSU expansion and new Arrow Head research park under construction and Spaceport Rocket Manufacturers at West Mesa Industrial Park soon to break ground there.

Yeap we are doing well as i see it.
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[yukon]

If gas prices are a concern, then ABQ has the edge over Tucson with a slightly better transit system. Then again, Tucson has a naturalist resort. ABQ doesn't.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by abqsunport

Karaokeboy, what planet are you living in? If people can't afford to live in ABQ or Tucson, than they can't afford to live in 90% of the United States big cities.

Well, I'll play devil's advocate to this statement.

If transportation costs increase, people will live close to where a combination of agriculture, water and, finally, manufacturing/ports are located. In many cases this would be around our larger, coastal cities. Furthermore, the ratio of people involved in agriculture to all other occupations would, by neccesity, increase.

I doubt New Mexico, the Rio Grande corridor in particular, would be completely abandoned but the population we are supporting now is really only possible because of transportation networks enabled by cheap energy. If New Mexico had to be self sufficient in terms of food production, All construction on the flood plain, including downtown, and the Bosque would have to be removed as well as the removal of dams to allow the continued replenishment of the fertility of New Mexico's limited arable land.

ABQConvict

[Devin Bent]

If dependence upon solar and wind energy increased, where would people choose to live?

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by Devin Bent

If dependence upon solar and wind energy increased, where would people choose to live?

When we can supply that demand as regards transportation costs, this conversation will become moot (except for the water issue).

ABQConvict