Can anyone tell me about Rio Rancho? (Albuquerque, Ponderosa: appointed, live)
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> There are many many threads here about Rio Rancho.
> Have you done a search and read them?
Normally, I'd be with ya there, but this, to me, is not
a "tell me everything" post, but a specific question:
# Tucson, AZ and was wondering if the landscape is similiar?
# I was hoping it would be a "little" bit greener here?
Basically, no. Tucson and Rio Rancho are very similar looking places
that are desert, with pale green plants mostly and lots of dirt and rocks
in between. The specific plants are different, but similar. Very similar.
From your tone, it sounds like you are disappointed with Tucson's "brown."
If so, you'll be equally disappointed with Rio Rancho's "brown."
To those who choose to look, places like Tucson and Rio Rancho offer
a far more diverse array of colors than a place like Milwaukee or Orlando
to name a couple of far greener places.
Green is an accent out here and not a color scheme.
I have family in Tucson, AZ and was wondering if the landscape is similiar? I was hoping it would be a "little" bit greener here?
Technically they are two different deserts. To me the Arizona-Sonora Desert is more varied than the Albuqurque area desert. But I still like it here in Rio Rancho...
> To me the Arizona-Sonora Desert is more varied than the
> Albuqurque area desert. But I still like it here in Rio Rancho...
Actualy, that's my impression too. Driving in from Phoenix to Tucson
or from the North into Oracle, I actually think that the *desert* is a
little "greener" and yes, more varied than driving into Albuquerque
( if you ignore the bosque - which doesn't count ).
Below 1,500 - kinda barren.
From 1,500 ft to 3,500 ft - which encompasses Tucson - greener.
From 3,500 ft to 5,500 ft - less green and varied - grassland, mostly.
Above 5,500 ft - Piñon/Juniper country and grass - less varied than Tucson.
Above 7,000 ft - Starting Ponderosa forest, not really desert, but semiarid.
I spent about 12 months total in the desert around Tuscon and south... And some of it is startling. I've just gotten too old to hike in the desert like I use to...
But I think Bettsnow might be thinking in different terms.
Rich
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I have family in Tucson, AZ and was wondering if the landscape is similiar? I was hoping it would be a "little" bit greener here?
Hi,
I am familiar with both places and have lived very near Tucson. I believe that Albuquerque is far north longitudinally (?) so you will get less intense light as it is in S. Arizona. I lived in Sierra Vista AZ & had relatives in Tucson and the intense light & heat were things that I did not like too much.
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