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As to living experience. Mother loved it enough to live there twice. I would not live there once. If you do not live near transportation, or own a car you drive, it is a problem to get groceries or see a doctor. The traffic is horrendous; it reminds me of St. Louis. I much prefer Palm Springs for desert living and San Diego County for ocean living.
Surely you are not talking about Las Cruces here. The drivers are horrendous, but there is no real traffic to speak of. I've never taken LC's public transportation so I don't know how well that works.
What???
I think maybe confusing Las Cruces and Las Vegas, with a bit more mix-up added in - lemons? Eggs frying at 4 a.m.?
LIVED there for 7 years(not by choice)there are alot nicer,cooler more interesting places in nm to live,and living in a bordertown is not fun"biggest"city near is el paso tx/probably the one place in nm not really made for biking,nm has bike and hike trails all over.movies and tourists are the mainstay of the economy.
NMSU, what's left of WSMR, tourism, and health care keep the economy going. "Cooler" and "nicer" are subjective. I'm sorry you didn't care for it. I think you need to LOVE the desert to like Las Cruces alot.
Hi, to answer your queries: we retired here last Summer from Southern California. For your $230,000 you can pay cash for a lovely home in a very nice area. People are quite friendly here. You definitely need a car. For us, the lack of variety in shopping is an adjustment. When we were fixing up our home we ended up ordering many many things online. Of course, El Paso is less than an hour away and there are many big name stores there. There's a large retiree population here and lots of programs---from hiking and biking to yoga to physical fitness, and more. Cloudcroft is a wonderful mountain community (9,000 feet)--and a great place to cool off in the Summer. Yes, it's hot here for about 3 months, but the low humidity makes it pretty bearable. They do tax many things we're not used to--like services for haircuts, manicures, accountants, etc. There's a fairly new hospital off Lohman (MountainView) which accommodates most every need. There are many specialists here in town, and a new urgent care just opened close to Sonoma Ranch. Hope this helps.
My fear is that LC does not have top notch health care. I had a rare form of cancer two years ago, and had I not been in a large city it would have won. Instead I won. Do any of you think I am wrong or being over paranoid?
Any time you have a rare condition, a place the size of Las Cruces probably doesn't have someone who knows how to treat it. Even large cities may not depending on how rare the condition is. I know someone who goes to Boston for care because that's the only place with specialists for their particular issue.
My fear is that LC does not have top notch health care. I had a rare form of cancer two years ago, and had I not been in a large city it would have won. Instead I won. Do any of you think I am wrong or being over paranoid?
No, I do not think you are wrong. But you need to see if you can be properly treated in Las Cruces. That means talking to your doctor and other appropriate medical personnel...
I go to Mayo in Scottsdale once a year for my MS check up and I know quite a few others that do similar journeys. In general we have time to travel for serious but not immediate concerns. Cost can be an issue, I have relatives in Phoenix so I don't have to pay lodging. El Paso is close and is more comprehensive than Cruces and is doable as a day trip.
My fear is that LC does not have top notch health care. I had a rare form of cancer two years ago, and had I not been in a large city it would have won. Instead I won. Do any of you think I am wrong or being over paranoid?
Last year I needed to get a procedure done - an esophagoscopy - they put you under etc. There is a new form of the procedure - called Transnasal Esophagoscopy where you do not get put under, it is done by inhaling lidocaine and you are awake for the whole procedure. Only one doctor, to my knowledge, performs it in San Antonio and none in Austin. Between the two cities, there are millions of people and many, many doctors and advanced facilities around but there you go... Between El Paso and Albuquerque maybe nobody does this procedure. Goes on to prove that where you live may make a difference in that one thing you need/want done . Depending on how important this thing is - it may or may not be a deal breaker.
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