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My husband and I are considering moving to New Mexico. However we would like a little more green grass than in Albuquerque but low humidity. Any ideas?
To get the combination of low humidity and green grass that Albuquerque offers is pretty rare.
The further south (and further down) you go, the more likely you are to find green grass in a dry setting, though the humidity tends to go up as the grass gets greener. In other words, green grass and humidity go together.
Cities with suburbs and parks tend to be your best bet; places like Los Lunas, Belen, Socorro, and Las Cruces may be worth a look, though they aren't substantially greener than Albuquerque on the whole.
Phoenix and Tucson (not NM, I realize) can be significantly greener, and even though there's more moisture in the air, the temperatures are higher, thus making overall humidity comparable.
I don't think she is looking for places where people water their lawns... but rather where things are naturally greener. And none of the state is humid, so that really isn't a concern.
NM is generally quite dry in the spring, and fairly dry also in the fall and winter. Summer... early July to mid Sept... is the rainy season when things green up the most.
Probably the greenest part of the state is the eastern slope of the mountains north of Las Vegas. Also the east side of the mountains next to Albuquerque is quite green... or the east side of any significant mountain range. The mountain areas themselves are pine covered and have some flowing streams.
The problem with people moving to the Southwest looking for green areas is that sometimes they learn the hard way how quickly it can go up in smoke. This year has been a perfect illustration.
But I would ask the OP, have you ever been to Albuquerque and if so, which areas did you see? There are parts of the valley areas I would consider green but maybe you haven't explored there. Some residential communities (like Tanoan) cultivate more grass than they should have a right to. You can go to one of many parks around town and roll around in the grass if need be.
Ruidoso, Cloudcroft, Timberon seem to stay fairly green most of the time and have low humidity.
Green, perhaps, but not grassy so much as piney. Further, the grass still tends to be pretty yellow even if the trees aren't.
The best approach is to live next to a park or golf course in a dry place, so you can get that lush green grass that shouldn't be in a place with such low humidity.
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