Las Cruces vs. Santa Fe...

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I think Cruces would certainly be more liberal than central Texas, accepting Austin. But it's normal America half n half nothing too special, though we have our good points. Santa Fe IS the City Different in all kinds of ways. Rents are through the roof and the politics are very liberal (I say this as a dem) and there are issues they deal with, and benefits they get, from being a world class city.

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Originally Posted by cosmicrowbar

LC is much smaller than Albuquerque, a bit larger than Santa Fe. The average income in LC will be lower, Spanish is more widely spoken in everyday situations, housing and probably everything else is cheaper, it's certainly more conservative than SF. Come take a look.

I wonder if the OP ever did come out to LC?? Im not sure I agree that Spanish is more widely spoken...in LC. Im spending spring break in SF and am finding Spanish spoken nearly EVERYWHERE! Big surprise. And to the OP I really think youd enjoy LC. Being fairly conservative myself, I can tell you I prob could NOT live in SF...maybe ABQ...but LC is okay. I cant believe some businesses have set up shop in SF where its smaller, but not LC, but then again, their more affluent target market exists in SF, not LC.

[Disco Inferno]

I don't even come to this forum (Las Cruces) but I saw SF mentioned, so I thought I would see what it was about. I can't answer your question because I have never been to Las Cruces, but I currently live in SF.

As I told a co-worker, while I was living in Missouri my friend took me to NM for my birthday. We went to Alb., drove to Amarillo (with stops in Santa Rosa and Tucumcari), drove back to Alb. the next day, and went to SF. My first time in SF I didn't like it. At all. Matter of fact, I told my friend I wanted to go back to Alb. because I thought the people were snobby. (and it was snowing that day too, and very cold) Then August of that same year I moved to Santa Rosa, NM. it took almost a year for me to come back to SF. But I found that the more I came to Santa Fe, the more I liked it. I even liked it more than Alb., although I never spent time here, until I got a job and had to move here. There are days I don't like Santa Fe, and would rather be elsewhere, but then I'm reminded why I am here and that things aren't really THAT bad here.

I'm sorry it didn't work for you in Santa Fe, but I hope you find what you're looking for in Las Cruces (or Alb.)