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Hi, my wife and I are seriously considering Alamogordo for retirment as I approach military retirement within the next 32 months. PLANNING EARLY.
I am satisfied with the military support services at Holloman and I am active in VFW, American Legion and the Moose Lodge. Covered there. We have one daughter left at home who will be in high school so that is a concern. However, I would like to know what neighborhoods are considered upper blue collar and safe from known drug/blight and high crime areas. I would appreciate any information.
I have visited once and fell in love with the area. I do recreational flying and the the airport east of town is superb. I like being far enough away from El Paso and Las Cruces but close enough that if you need something, it's within driving distance.
Also, just out of curiosity, how many supermarkets do you have there?
I will be working either in the entertianment field or at the casino north of town.
Also, just out of curiosity, how many supermarkets do you have there?
I will be working either in the entertianment field or at the casino north of town.
(do you get much snow in the winter?)
Thank you.
There are really only two "supermarkets" and one of those is in Walmart. The other is Lowe's on 10th street. There are several other options with smaller inventories.
As for the "casino north of town" you must be referring to the Inn of the Mountain Gods on the Mescalero reservations. Commute time is one hour each way. They used to run a shuttle bus from Alamo for employees but not sure if that service is still available or not. Regardless, the commute time is going to eat up two hours of your day.
Snow in winter is minimal in Alamogordo. When it does snow, since the town is mostly flat, there is little or no problem and the snow quickly melts if it fell during the night, even if there is no sun the next day.
The one positive aspect of living in Alamo is that its only an hour drive to either El Paso or Las Cruces for better services, restaurants, medical care, etc. The VA hospital for the area is located in El Paso (or further away, in Albuq).
As for the neighborhoods, lots will depend on the price you want to spend. When you drive around you can see where you want to be or not. Its not hard to figure out. We love Alamo, but we also have a place in Timberon up in the Mts. Will you be coming out to check out the area before you decide for sure?
Yes, as retirement gets closer, we plan to make two more visits. We have two good friends who live there. I appreciate all the info. The casino is one of two options for me. I am a radio broadcaster by trade so I'm sure I'll be checking out the oppotunities in radio there (like news/talk/country). I once worked at the Grand Ole Opry and am a broadcast journalist in the Navy now.
You will see plenty of autumn colors in the Sacramento Mountains. Don't worry about that! I am considering a move to Alamogordo as well.
The only colors we see are the change of the aspens to a golden color. Although it's pretty, it's nothing compared to other parts of the country.
Timberon and Cloudcroft have pines that look pretty with snow.
As far as the neighborhoods, some look nice and some dumpy. You can ask your friends that live there and they'll give you input on where to go.
If you like to go to good/decent restaurants, you gotta drive into Las Cruces.
Alamo has decent doctors and hospital or at least I was okay going to them.
Really? I thought there were some maples interspersed with the aspens which turned red in autumn.
I thought thats what Nan had said in another thread. True, all the midwest colors are not there, but the colors there also depend on the rain and weather to turn pretty.
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