Off the Grid (Albuquerque, Las Cruces: sale, house, buying)
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Well I am impatient so I downloaded the movie and watched it. It was riveting. I think they make the Mesa seem a little more "odd" but that is just a guess as I did some searches on the web and found others up there who are artists and artisans, but not the "God, Guns, and Guts" crowd. Worth a view.
Well I am impatient so I downloaded the movie and watched it. It was riveting. I think they make the Mesa seem a little more "odd" but that is just a guess as I did some searches on the web and found others up there who are artists and artisans, but not the "God, Guns, and Guts" crowd. Worth a view.
where did you download this from, I've been wanting to watch it.
Is this the documentary about the "Earthship" housing? We caught a piece of it on cable a few months back but wasn't exactly sure what it was all about... other than it being near Taos.
Is this the documentary about the "Earthship" housing? We caught a piece of it on cable a few months back but wasn't exactly sure what it was all about... other than it being near Taos.
The documentary was filmed 25 miles NW of Taos in an area known as "Two Peaks" toTaoseños and "Carson Estates" to the mesa rats. The documentary didn't even begin to scratch the surface of the dangers of the largest open air insane asylum in the USA. Ambulances won't go there without a Sheriff's dept escort and the Sheriff's dept won't go there willingly. It's far more common for them to transport people needing medical attention to the west rim road and then do a hand off to the ambulance. I've been out there several times... always armed and always during daylight hours.
There is no electricity, no phone service and no water. Wells are pretty much out of the question because the highest water levels start at 600ft. A lot of people are attracted to a false romantic vision of life on the mesa so they load up their vehicles and throw down $1,500 for a 1/4 acre lot because "The mountain called them". The vast majority are then rejected by "The Mountain" and pack up a few essentials and leave their shacks, converted buses, teepees, Conex, Yurt and tents behind along with a ton of garbage.
Every summer young "adults" show up from all over the southwest to camp out in abandoned sites. They spend their days panhandling and shoplifting in Taos then hitchhike or drive to Two Peaks at night to get drunk or stoned.
Yes, it is absolutely lawless, it is dangerous and most people living out there are not mentally stable.
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