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I have been to Las Cruces once and I think people need not to depend on the city to do anything, we see how they drag their butts on anything.Have small block parties to help raise money to plant trees around the downtown area,fix up the building so it will be attractive for people to move in and open a business or apartments that look over business. I was thinking about moving their and open a small southern resturant or store. It takes us as people to make our communities better not the politician.they just sit on their butts and do nothing unless it benefits them.
Methinks we had a leetle too much TEA on our one visit to Las Cruces.
A lot of people around here work for the betterment of the community, and some of them (sit down, please) even work for the government.
Las Cruces is close to the border right? Any problems with that?
Las Cruces is about 50 miles to the El Paso, TX border. But that is really not an issue. El Paso Texas is one of the safest cities in North America and is just a few feet from one of the unsafe cities, Juarez, Mexico...
I've worked in Las Cruces the entire summer and compared to the heat in Houston it wasn't anything that bothered me at all.
At least at night it cools down there. In Houston it is Hot even at night.
Phoenix and Las Vegas are comparable to Houston heat. They don't have the humidity like Houston, but the extra 10 to 20 degrees in the summer make up for the lack of humidity.
New Mexico has one of the better climates in around. If you can take a little heat in the summer and a little cold in the winter.
I can't remember but I think there is a study that showed near 80plus% never move from their hometown. I wouldn't call that a nation of movers.
Interesting issue. My wife and I have moved several times since growing up in the same hometown, but we also have many friends from high school who are still there. I did a little googling and found a 2008 study - Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home? | Pew Social & Demographic Trends - that indicates 37% of the surveyed sample are living in their original hometown. The sample is 2,260 adults, with results weighted to represent the US continental population as a whole. So not a huge number but if they did a good job selecting folks it should be relatively valid for the entire US population. Except maybe for me and my wife, since we grew up in Alaska.
How people think of race and ethnicity in Cruces is much different than in the Rust Belt or Northeast. There's basically two groups: Hispanic and Anglo. There's only a very small Native American population.
Hispanic can include everybody from recent Mexican immigrants to those from long-established families with roots in the area dating back to New Spain, many of whom may not even know how to speak Spanish.
Anglos comprise everybody else. In a way, Asians and blacks are also considered "Anglo". Hyphen-American designations aren't relevant.
Las Crucens are a bit more open when it comes to gentle joking about ethnicity. A Hispanic friend or coworker might call you a "pinche guero" opr "gabacho", but a but it's not meant with malice. Actually, it's a good indicator of how comfortable someone feels around you.
You'll often hear that Las Cruces has "a gentle blending of cultures." It's distinctly New Mexican, and quite different than the dominant Mexican-American flavor of El Paso. IMHO, LC is far more Anglo-friendly than EP.
Thanks for the info. I like the weather in southern NM. I can handle the heat, since I have experienced much worse. I can handle the sometimes chilly weather, because I've lived through real winter weather.
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Is there racism against whites there?
