Rio Rancho NM or Prescott Az Hmmmm? (move, rental)

[rybert]

It's not as bad as these people make it out to be.

Maybe renting is what you should do first.

[lalahartma]

Rio Rancho is a mega burb and very much like hundreds of other new housing construction areas in the country. You could live your life and never leave the place, if you so chose.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by AngelaFLA

Can anyone compare the 2 as far as crime, aff housing ($200,000), shopping, jobs, taxes & climate not 2 hot or cold. P.S. pet friendly. P.S.S. We will probably rent before we buy! P.S.S.S I really like medium size towns around 60,000-70,ooo. Thanks for your hep.

I am not an expert but here is my take: Prescott isn't as crowded, taxes will be similar (maybe a little lower in Pres) but, depending on what you are looking for in housing you will pay more. yes, no matter what some are saying, you can buy for $200,000. Rio Rancho will not be nearly as cold I don't think. Rio Rancho, being so close to Abq will offer better shopping,which is a plus, more more crime, which is a negative. From some reason I get the opinion the job market isn't an issue, if it is, you will find more employment in the Rio Rancho area. BTW, traffic in RR is horrible.

Nita

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by 99raptor

I dont know where you work or live in the Aqe/NM area ,but almost all stores and businesses are employed by predominately Spanish people.I've lived here my whole life 50+yrs and can attest to being bilingual is almost essestial if you wanna get by.As far as using a gun ,the very liberal gun laws in NM mean that NM residents are one of the most armed citizenships in the USA.If you've never heard anyone say they would'nt move to Atlanta because of the crime well I'll pop your cherry then."I wont move to Atlanta because of the crime".

you are right about being bilingual, as for the crime, it is high, but Rio Rancho certainly isn't like the low income areas of Albuquerque...

Nita

J Mello, come and look with an open mind. I think most of us are just pointing out the negatives. Too many people more to a new area with stars in their eyes. After making the move they see the nightmares instead of stars. Albquerque has a lot of very posiitve things going for it. Those in charge just have to get out of the dark ages and realize progress can be good...

NIta

[ABQConvict]

Yeah, If you want to spend all your time and money in the 2% of shops that employ monolingual Spanish speakers, it will help to be bilingual. Or, if you so choose, you can patronize the other 98% of shops where everyone speaks perfectly good English despite their German, French, Spanish, or Italian heritage. If you want to move to a place where no one speaks English, try New York City.

And Rio Rancho is the most "American" place in the Middle Rio Grande valley. Nevertheless, I sometimes I wonder what's in the water there when I read some of these posts.

ABQConvict

[bradly]

Well if you like messy unplanned housing sprawl, then rio rancho is your place.. haha just messing but part of that is true.. the weather and shopping is really nice and friendly people too. The city of Vision is your place!

[rybert]

Bradly... you are an enigma.

[bradly]

Originally Posted by rybert

Bradly... you are an enigma.

you got that right, i'm not that bad in person though.

[ABQConvict]

How wide and how deep is the Rio Rancho? Can you take a rental canoe down the rapids with a cooler of beer? If so, I'd move there in a flash!

ABQConvict

[rybert]

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