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During my research of cities that have communal gardens, ABQ came up, but upon further research, I'm now realizing it's even dryer than Vegas & I couldn't stand Vegas because it was so dry.
I also have to have green grass, etc.
Are there any places in NM that aren't very dry, are green & have fast reliable Internet that isn't too expensive?
Thanks
Some of the prettiest landscaping we have seen is in NM> is it all dry and brown? Dry yes, brown not at all. The big difference between Vegas and say, ABQ is the altitude. ABQ, though dry is also 7,000 or more feet above sea level, making the temps, even in the summer rather mild day and night. We lived slightly south of ABQ. A lot of our neighbors had green grass. We had a mixture of grass and rock.
You do have to remember desert is not the same as living in an area that is tropical. Internet; very reasonable and good.
During my research of cities that have communal gardens, ABQ came up, but upon further research, I'm now realizing it's even dryer than Vegas & I couldn't stand Vegas because it was so dry.
Las Vegas, NV has about 1/2 the annual rainfall of Albuquerque and so it is the other way around: Vegas is drier than Albuquerque. But if you're just talking about the dryness in general, yes it is extremely dry here. Low humidity, low precipitation. If you look at a precipitation map of the United States you will see the whole mountain west is orange/red....low precipitation.
Some of the prettiest landscaping we have seen is in NM> is it all dry and brown? Dry yes, brown not at all.... ABQ, though dry is also 7,000 or more feet above sea level
I wouldn't call anyplace that gets >30" of rain per year "dry". In NM that only happens around the taller mountains, but still there are some wet spots. The ponderosa pine forests seem to need >20" or so, and a large portion of NM is covered with them.
Albuquerque is 5300 ft BTW, not >7000. It's as high as Denver which not many people realize. Albuquerque is dry, but a short drive east of Albuquerque can put you in a very nice forest.
Some of the prettiest landscaping we have seen is in NM> is it all dry and brown? Dry yes, brown not at all. The big difference between Vegas and say, ABQ is the altitude. ABQ, though dry is also 7,000 or more feet above sea level, making the temps, even in the summer rather mild day and night. We lived slightly south of ABQ. A lot of our neighbors had green grass. We had a mixture of grass and rock.
You do have to remember desert is not the same as living in an area that is tropical. Internet; very reasonable and good.
Albuquerque has one of the highest elevations of any major city in the United States. The elevation of the city ranges from 4,900 feet above sea level near the Rio Grande to over 6,700 feet in the foothill areas of Sandia Heights and Glenwood Hills. At the airport, the elevation is 5,352 feet above sea level.
Albuquerque has a total area of 189.5 square miles, of which 187.7 square miles is land and 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), or 0.96%, is water.
Albuquerque lies within the northern, upper edges of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.
The Sandia Mountains immediately to the east of the city of Albuquerque (an estimated 5 miles, as the bird flies), has its highest point at Sandia Crest, at 10,678 feet.
The elevation of the city ranges from 4,900 feet above sea level near the Rio Grande to over 6,700 feet in the foothill areas of Sandia Heights and Glenwood Hills.
Might just be me but a couple times heading west on Paseo from Tramway and catching all the lights I've actually felt my ears pop a bit from the elevation change. I doubt many cities can claim that!
I wouldn't call anyplace that gets >30" of rain per year "dry". In NM that only happens around the taller mountains, but still there are some wet spots. The ponderosa pine forests seem to need >20" or so, and a large portion of NM is covered with them.
Albuquerque is 5300 ft BTW, not >7000. It's as high as Denver which not many people realize. Albuquerque is dry, but a short drive east of Albuquerque can put you in a very nice forest.
Am not sure I understand your reply? Of course 30 inches of rain is not dry, but most of NM, especially the parts that are heavily populated do not get 30 in of rain. ABQ is certainly considered dry for heavens sake. This isn't a put down, by any means if you read my posts. It is simply a fact.
I realize that. I was just picking a figure out of my head. depending on what chart you use and exactly where you measuring the altitude: it can be as low as just under 5.000 or as high as close to 7,000,
Am not sure I understand your reply? Of course 30 inches of rain is not dry, but most of NM, especially the parts that are heavily populated do not get 30 in of rain. ABQ is certainly considered dry for heavens sake. This isn't a put down, by any means if you read my posts. It is simply a fact.
It isn't a fact that *all* of NM is dry. That was the statement you made. I can totally agree that *most* of it would go in the dry category for most people. And all the most populated parts are pretty dry.
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