Anyone from the Northeast? (Albuquerque, Santa Fe: for sale, real estate, house)
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Hi Everyone,
Just wondering if anyone born and raised in the northeast now lives here? Do you enjoy it and would you ever move back to the northeast? I am from Southern New Hampshire and my husband and I are looking to move to a warmer climate, different scenery, way of life etc. We are getting sick of the winters year after year.
I was born and raised in Western New York, but that was about a hundred years ago and I have not lived there in many years. I would never live there again.
I have been in New Mexico for 9 months now, and I love it. I hope I can live here for the rest of my life. It is literally my dream come true.
Have you been to New Mexico to see if you think you would like it here?
Hollyrose - I have lived in Upstate New York and New England for most of my life. I hope to snowbird and then relocate to central New Mexico to avoid the winters (if I NEVER see freezing rain again it will be too soon) and the crowding.
This forum is an excellent source of information about the people of NM. I also suggest using Google Maps Street View to "tour" New Mexico. The difference between Santa Fe and Albuquerque is amazing. The difference between Socorro and Roy is even bigger.
Good luck and please keep posting.
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I live in New England and my wife and I went to New Mexico last year to check it out as a possible place to relocate. We loved it, the scenery is awesome, the food is super and the people we ran into (we were there a week) seemed very nice. All in all if you love being outdoors and dont mind a change in scenery, I think you'll do fine.
The one thing I'll add is that coming from New England, you'll have to get used to the style of home construction. It looks very different from what I was used to. Not a bad thing, but still a little weird at first. Also, we were there in late May, and i dont know if I was allergic to something there or what, but I did feel kind of sick and sneezy (i do have allergies).
We would love to retire there, in about 20 years...!
Thanks everyone for the responses. If my husband gets a job interview then we will go visit NM. I have never been there. I have been to AZ though and liked the dry heat and it was in July!
Hey Holly
I'm moving there from NY very soon. If you want, I'll let you know what I think, however I already love much of the Southwest, so I'm probably biased
Last year I was checking real estate for sale and I came across a place out in the eastern plains that was 160 acres for $40,000. It included a nearly ruined adobe house and barn but they didn't mention them. They were on one of the pictures. I mean - 160 acres and buildings for $40K?
One thing you'd have to look into at that point is what the water rights are on the land. Not the first thing that many people from back East think about -because there's no need to, but water rights, or lack of them, can make or break a property in terms of price.
> (if I NEVER see freezing rain again it will be too soon)
Once, here in New Mexico, I thought I saw some freezing rain,
but I was mistaken. I think someone just left their sprinkler on.
I've been here since 1985.
It *has* happened here, but not in the same place that I was.
Almost *every* time I ever went to to visit my sister in Huntsville, AL
during the Christmas holidays, I saw freezing rain.
It was beautiful, looking at the sparkling branches of the trees
in between my feet - soaring into the sky - until my head hit the
pavement and I blacked out ........
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