Hubcap_halo started a new thread:
> Thanks to all who responded to my last post.
That was your last "thread." The subject matter in this thread is a
continuation of the last thread, so it doesn't make sense to start
a new thread that discusses the exact same thing. A post is where
you respond to or ask another question in an existing thread.
Note that smart members and lurkers use the search button and so these
threads are a resource for people. Having these two threads makes it
more difficult for people to search in the future and is inconsiderate to them.
You won't get any better responses by putting a bunch of new threads
in the forum. We already have someone out there who does this too much
already. If we could keep it down to just one compulsive thread-starter
that would be swell.
> I got some good answers, but maybe wasn't specific enough.
I don't think anyone had any doubt about what you wanted.
If people think you are not being specific enough, they will
generally post something like so:
"HEY! Could you be more specific? I don't know what you are asking about!"
Nope, none of that happening here.
( Those are the nice ones. Not nice ones like me would
have posted something rude, but that's just me. )
> I want to be near nature---that is trails, trees, mountains, the river,
> parks. Anything where you can walk in a bit and not see cars driving by.
Weren't those pictures I posted specific enough?
No cars driving by. Only nature. Since you started a new thread,
others just jumping on here, won't know what pictures I posted because
unless there is a link there, they have to do extra work to dig them up.
your old post where the pictures were
There, I just posted the link. See how inconvenient that is?
> I need to be able to walk to a good grocery store. It doesn't have to
> be a whole foods, just a good one preferably with an organic section.
The La Montaņita Co-op has better produce and is more responsive
to member needs than Whole Foods ( AKA Whole Paycheck ).
Choosing between walking distance to the Co-op and WFMI, the choice
is - hands down - the Co-op. Unfortunately, WFMI is morphing into an
upscale grocer for the Country Club set and away from its roots.
I'm not dissing their products which continue to be first-rate, but
the Co-op to me is much more down to Earth and supports local
organic growers.
> It would be great if a studio or 1br could be had for $600 or less.
You won't know about that until you walk the neighborhood. Park at the
Co-op and using a map, light out from there to explore neighborhoods.
It is an old part of town, so there will be converted garages, sub-divided
houses, etc that individual owners rent out. You'll have to walk it yourself
because trying to figure out if ads in the paper are in the area you want
would be nuts. My guess is that most of them would not be advertised
on the internet, so searching that way will miss too much.
> I don't need the urban scene, hipness, none of that. Just natural
> beauty and natural foods within walking distance.
I posted a specific location in the other thread and I think that's your
only option. If you are not happy with the trails in the river bosque
then you are hopeless and deluded. I think that you are not and will
find that area exactly what you posted about in the original thread.
The other posters have saved you many other trips to investigate
other areas by adding the caveat about the suggestions that they
made. It helps you to visualize your options.
> Now that I look at Nob Hill, it looks pretty urban.
Nob Hill is as urban as it gets in Albuquerque. That's just fine, but
it isn't for you. You have made that clear in your ( two ) posts.
> I'm reading that the "Northwest" is partially a very old neighborhood
> but there is also development and some very affordable...
Note the the "Northwest" is any place N of Central and W of Broadway
or more generally, the railroad tracks leading to Santa Fe.
The "Northwest" includes the River Bosque.
Many parts of the "Northwest" are actually East of some parts of the
NE Heights. Albuquerque's goofy like that. I like goofy. I *am* goofy.
There is a Sunflower Farmers Market in the "Northwest"
( 10701 Corrales Blvd NW ). Again, as you plunge into
the bosque you are a world away from "urban."
> I need to be able to walk to a good grocery store. It doesn't have to
> be a whole foods, just a good one preferably with an organic section.
The La Montaņita Co-op has better produce and is more responsive
to member needs than Whole Foods ( AKA Whole Paycheck ).
Choosing between walking distance to the Co-op and WFMI, the choice
is - hands down - the Co-op.
> It would be great if a studio or 1br could be had for $600 or less.
You won't know about that until you walk the neighborhood. Park at the
Co-op and using a map light out from there to explore neighborhoods. It
is an old part of town, so there will be converted garages, sub-divided
houses, etc that individual owners rent out. You'll have to walk it yourself
because trying to figure out if ads in the paper are in the area you want
would be nuts. My guess is that most of them would not be advertised
on the internet, so searching that way will miss too much.
> I don't need the urban scene, hipness, none of that. Just natural
> beauty and natural foods within walking distance.
I posted a specific location in the other thread and I think that's
your only option. If you are not happy with the trails in the river
bosque then you are hopeless and deluded. I think that you are
not and will find that area exactly what you posted about in the
original thread.
The other posters have saved you many other trips to investigate
other areas by adding the caveat about the suggestions that they
made. It helps you to visualize your options.
> And thank you to the person who posted the Montanita Co-op.
> That area looks great.
That was me, but just keeping this discussion in this thread alone
would be all the thanks I need.
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Seeing inexpensive neighborhoods within walking distance to nature and a good grocery store
This would be the NE part of town, in the foothills.
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