The Albuquerque Area and New Mexico Like/Dislike Thread (Lovington: rental, affordable house)

[rruff]

For one... taxing does not bankrupt any country or state... it is not taxing enough to pay for the spending that bankrupts. Or if you prefer, spending too much for the taxes that exist.

And as we can see at the present time, any policies that make it undesirable or impossible to sell ones home and buy another are bad for the economy. Why? Because it restricts the ability to move to where the jobs are. Many people now are stuck in homes that they can't sell, so they can't move to get employment. Why should someone incur an extra tax just because they need to move?

CA's property tax law was a boondoggle that should have been against the law. It passed because of some fat cats who didn't want to pay the big taxes on their huge RE holdings. If you don't want to pay the tax on what your property is worth, then you can give up the appreciation when you sell it, too. Would that be ok with you?

[GregW]

Why should people have to move for the jobs? The employers should have to move to the workers. When did business become able to force people to beg for employment?

A major part of our economic problems has been the unproductive, but speculatively positive, investment in home and not industry in this country including New Mexico.

If we move from our currently "prosperous" or at least high cost suburb in southern New Hampshire to central NM I do not expect to have much trouble adapting to a less extravagant lifestyle because our way of life is already pretty frugal. I also don't expect to have all that much trouble making new friends because I'm basically a friendly person. My wife may have more trouble because she is pretty shy.

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by GregW

[color=black][font=Verdana]Why should people have to move for the jobs? The employers should have to move to the workers. When did business become able to force people to beg for employment?

People were begging long before the first business came along.

Businesses set up where myriad factors fall into place; mining businesses have to go where the minerals are. When I build a new factory, available workforce is an important consideration but by no means is it the primary one.

[gambit11]

Pinky and Town - I just got here in June 2010 from SEATTLE (Mercer Island really) and I am really losing my mind. I thought the sunshine would help my general well being, and it has helped with health problems, but I just cannot get used to the geography, the topography here and the weather.
Town I was crying today wanting to go to Pikes Market and The Olympics, Hurricane Ridge. Last year I walked Seward Park on Christmas day. My three reasons for leaving Seattle - 1) the weather 2) the cost of living 3) the traffic
And all of those things are EXCELLENT here. But I am very visually stimulated and after living in Puget Sound, everything else looks like death to me. I am in Placitas right under the Sandias and really can't stand the cactus (my dog won't even walk with me - she keeps getting the stabbers in her furry feet), blowing sand, rocks, lizards, scorpions, but mostly the visual. PNW most fertile green place in USA and here the most dry and arid. Each beautiful but completely opposite. You really need to make some good $ to live in Seattle so you can get away for a bit in the winter, can afford to pay $500K for a 'fixer upper' and don't have to drive during rush hour anywhere.
I'd love to go back.
I want to live on the Peninsula

But, the people I have met here - mostly in the Bernalillo area have been very nice. Placitas also. I meet people out on trails and do some work with animal rescue and I find the people to be warm and helpful here. I think Seattle is a cold city and hard to make friends but I guess that really depends on your age and what part of town you are in.

[AlisonL]

We have just experienced a Christmas eve (and again tonight) that we will not forget. We were invited to dinner by friends of ours who are Native American and it was the most awesome experience. Tons of great food and friendship. A huge spread of food. They said last night was just "a snack" compared to what this evening will be. We may also be going to the pueblo with them to the Buffalo Dances. Another learning experience.

We never would have done anything remotely like this back in Maine. Every day I appreciate living in this beautiful state, more and more.

[songinthewind7]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

We have just experienced a Christmas eve (and again tonight) that we will not forget. We were invited to dinner by friends of ours who are Native American and it was the most awesome experience. Tons of great food and friendship. A huge spread of food. They said last night was just "a snack" compared to what this evening will be. We may also be going to the pueblo with them to the Buffalo Dances. Another learning experience.

We never would have done anything remotely like this back in Maine. Every day I appreciate living in this beautiful state, more and more.

Sounds like a lot of fun.

[AlaMommy]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

We have just experienced a Christmas eve (and again tonight) that we will not forget. We were invited to dinner by friends of ours who are Native American and it was the most awesome experience. Tons of great food and friendship. A huge spread of food. They said last night was just "a snack" compared to what this evening will be. We may also be going to the pueblo with them to the Buffalo Dances. Another learning experience.

We never would have done anything remotely like this back in Maine. Every day I appreciate living in this beautiful state, more and more.

What part of Maine did you move from?
I'm currently in Maine and it looks like we'll be in Alamogordo in less then 6 months.

[AlisonL]

Originally Posted by SallyLynn812

What part of Maine did you move from?
I'm currently in Maine and it looks like we'll be in Alamogordo in less then 6 months.

We moved from the Lewiston/Auburn area. Before that we lived just outside of Brewer. I was born and raised in Hancock County. Much prefer living here.

[zxuser]

Well,it seems everyone has their own ideals on what makes NM a good/bad place to live. I moved here with family in 1958. First home was right near San Mateo and Indian School. Joined the service and moved back. Moved to the Inez neighborhood for 10 years then out to North of Paseo, east of Eubank.
This is what I like about Abq. as I have been all over the world and most parts of the USA.
We have NO humidity-big thing with me
We have NO earth quakes-that are meaningful or you can feel.
We have No serious flooding-did in 58 but solved that with ditches.
We have NO, I said NO tornadoes. One in 85, but it got lost and thought it was in Kansas.
We have NO huge snow storms that keep us cooped up for days.
We have 30 minute-or less rain storms.
We have friendly people. All you have to do is approach them with kindness. Be surprised how it works.
We have GREAT mexican food.
Yeah we have war zones, south of Zuni and east of Lousiana. Stay away.
You people who want to live in Seattle, go for it, YOU MUST LOVE Humitidy, Same with Texas, Same with Denver, Same with Phoenix (The heat is unbearable)
Oh, and the dude who posted and started this tread is a kid. How can you tell? Most adults capitalize
their "i's" I went to the store, but i found it dirty at Wally Mart. Good grief. I was a PI most of my life and found that I had to be friendly to people to get information out of them. I was never turned down.
I started a raport and made many friends, even though I am a crazy, (intorverted violent) combat nam vet. So, now you have heard a part you haven't seen on this thread. Maybe you all live in the wrong part of town.............

[gambit11]

Hi Zxuser,

I'm the Seattle gal so I just wanted to clarify. I think the climate here is marvelous except for June, July, August. And all the people I have met here have been very friendly. People are colder in Seattle, would be my experience. But..................one place is not perfection for everyone. Had I come here prior to Seattlle I probably would have felt differently. I just came from the wettest, but also most visually perfect country (IMO) in the USA. As a city, Seattle is world class and extremely multi-cultural. It has other issues, traffic and cost of living being major, but I cannot imagine a place more gorgeous. And then there is the rain. I love everything about Seattle but the rain and that can be nine or ten months a year! The beauty of the environment here is so different to me.
In a perfect (not mine!) world I would live here most of the year and spend the summers on the Olympic Peninsula. Have you ever been there?
I lived in Denver for years in the eighties and the weather was quite similar to here but not as hot (which I liked) and a bit longer, colder winters.
I love New England best (where I grew up) but am in the SW & PNW for the next year or two for business. CT is usually right in the middle on humidity between here and Seattle.
I am hoping the beauty of this environment will grow on me and will probably move to Taos for the climate.