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Which is safest considering how close they are to Mexico?
I had a roommate who was from Yuma and he said that it is a nice place. I remember he would go there to visit relatives and he said it was a very nice city.
I wish I could be of more help like others likely know more but I can say my roommate mentioned how nice it has become compared to what it was. Supposedly, they have really fixed it up to appeal to retirees.
Statistically, they seem to on par with the national average.
I can't recall hearing Yuma on the news much other then on the weather report for having a heat wave. Las Cruces has much more moderate summers but a cooler winter.
I have never been to either but Yuma is 3 hour drive from San Diego and Las Cruces is a college town
I looked at the statistics for each and both cities seem relatively safe.
This is neither Yuma or Las Cruces but I stayed in San Ysidro several times which is a neighborhood in San Diego which is in a valley basically underneath Juarez.
San Ysidro in San Diego is just a wall away from Juarez and I felt safe at night myself. Yuma is close to the border and Las Cruces is an hour away at least.
I have not been to either. Yuma is more of a retirement city and Las Cruces is more of a college city.
I don't know why anyone would live in Yuma. It's one of the sunniest and hottest cities in the country. At least in Las Cruces you get decent weather, nice scenery, and a decent shot at a job that isn't related to Border Patrol since it's near El Paso.
Yuma is three hours away from any major city. It's about three hours from Phoenix and Tucson and three to reach the outer edges of San Diego (El Cajon) and then an hour or more going in because California freeway traffic isn't a joke.
Yuma's most iconic feature is probably the McDonalds among the I-8.
Though I must say, if you like sand dunes and would spend a lot of time in them... then Yuma is the way to go. The sand dunes just on the other side in California are nice.
I drove through Las Cruces once and it was easily forgettable however the scenery was pretty there. However I haven't spent the past 20 years doing pit stops there like I have with Yuma so I don't have as much to say.
Contrary to popular belief, living near the border isn't inherently unsafe unless you happen to live near one of the passageways. Yuma is near a passageway. Another passageway for Arizona is in the Tohono O'odham reservation just south of Sells give or take. Southeast of Tucson there is another one. El Paso is rumored to be one of the safest cities in the US, and I don't think you can get any closer to Mexico than that city really. You could throw a rock into Mexico from there. And as someone mentioned earlier, even in San Diego it's pretty safe too.
I don't know why anyone would live in Yuma. It's one of the sunniest and hottest cities in the country. At least in Las Cruces you get decent weather, nice scenery, and a decent shot at a job that isn't related to Border Patrol since it's near El Paso.
Yuma is three hours away from any major city. It's about three hours from Phoenix and Tucson and three to reach the outer edges of San Diego (El Cajon) and then an hour or more going in because California freeway traffic isn't a joke.
Yuma's most iconic feature is probably the McDonalds among the I-8.
Though I must say, if you like sand dunes and would spend a lot of time in them... then Yuma is the way to go. The sand dunes just on the other side in California are nice.
I drove through Las Cruces once and it was easily forgettable however the scenery was pretty there. However I haven't spent the past 20 years doing pit stops there like I have with Yuma so I don't have as much to say.
Contrary to popular belief, living near the border isn't inherently unsafe unless you happen to live near one of the passageways. Yuma is near a passageway. Another passageway for Arizona is in the Tohono O'odham reservation just south of Sells give or take. Southeast of Tucson there is another one. El Paso is rumored to be one of the safest cities in the US, and I don't think you can get any closer to Mexico than that city really. You could throw a rock into Mexico from there. And as someone mentioned earlier, even in San Diego it's pretty safe too.
Las Cruces is kind of weird. Most of the old part of town is insanely tacky with the exception of a couple of beautiful neighborhoods down by the river. And the east and west Mesas are both pretty nice. Cruces is also very brown. Much browner than Tucson even but less brown than El Paso.
Las Cruces is kind of weird. Most of the old part of town is insanely tacky with the exception of a couple of beautiful neighborhoods down by the river. And the east and west Mesas are both pretty nice. Cruces is also very brown. Much browner than Tucson even but less brown than El Paso.
I didn't see that much of Las Cruces. Whatever you can see on the I-10...
El Paso was funky especially in downtown, all the colorful bridges and being a stones throw from Juarez was interesting. I doubt Las Cruces can get weirder than El Paso. But to be fair, all of the southwest is weird...
Yuma is almost in the Colorado/Mohave desert so saguaros don't really grow there all that much. Saguaros do not grow on the other side in California mainly because of the dunes right there. So Yuma is also more brown than Tucson.
I don't know why anyone would live in Yuma. It's one of the sunniest and hottest cities in the country. At least in Las Cruces you get decent weather, nice scenery, and a decent shot at a job that isn't related to Border Patrol since it's near El Paso.
Yuma is three hours away from any major city. It's about three hours from Phoenix and Tucson and three to reach the outer edges of San Diego (El Cajon) and then an hour or more going in because California freeway traffic isn't a joke.
Yuma's most iconic feature is probably the McDonalds among the I-8.
Though I must say, if you like sand dunes and would spend a lot of time in them... then Yuma is the way to go. The sand dunes just on the other side in California are nice.
I drove through Las Cruces once and it was easily forgettable however the scenery was pretty there. However I haven't spent the past 20 years doing pit stops there like I have with Yuma so I don't have as much to say.
Contrary to popular belief, living near the border isn't inherently unsafe unless you happen to live near one of the passageways. Yuma is near a passageway. Another passageway for Arizona is in the Tohono O'odham reservation just south of Sells give or take. Southeast of Tucson there is another one. El Paso is rumored to be one of the safest cities in the US, and I don't think you can get any closer to Mexico than that city really. You could throw a rock into Mexico from there. And as someone mentioned earlier, even in San Diego it's pretty safe too.
Well, I am thinking of living in Yuma someday because of the hot summers and and mild winters.I also like Cruces a lot.
Yuma is a mix of agriculture and military, Yuma is host to a Marine Air base, was once known as the lettuce growing capital. Yuma has the tail end of the Colorado River, fishing, good bird hunting. Lots of great rugged desert mountain ranges, for exploring. Hot and humid in the summer, winter in January and February can be down right cold in the mornings, usually nice by mid day.
Big Hispanic population but that's not a problem, most are working the farms in the area. Last few years there was an influx of people coming in opening up nice restraints and trying to revitalize portions of downtown.
Wal Mart is probably the biggest shopping venue in town, some casinos on Indian lands, old territorial prison is interesting to visit.
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