Farmington, NM (Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe: ski resort, apartments, condos)

[donna7994]

Hello. I recently moved to New Mexico approximately 3 months ago and am now living in Santa Fe. I am interested in relocating, but not knowing much about the state of NM I am having a hard time deciding. I am looking for a medium sized city that has a fairly low crime rate, along with a "as low as you can possibly get drug trade/use rate. Where I am at now, the crime rate isn't quite so bad but Heroin seems to rule here. I know I am not going to find a perfect city, but there has to be better places than Albuquerque. I would feel like I was back home living there. I am also looking for an area that has a good hospital. I am considering Farmington, but don't know much about the place other than they have a high death rate from drunk drivers "because of the roads being so bad and curvy" as I was told. I am open to suggestions on other places and appreciate any input I can get. You can email me at d_chisolm@hotmail.com or just write me herel.

Thanks, Donna

[Mollikins]

Of those choices that you listed, Las Cruces would be your best bet.

Have you considered some others like Alamagordo, Clovis or Hobbs -- not as big but close enough to a larger metropolitan area for convenience.

I lived for 4.5 yrs in Albuquerque back in the late 80s/early 90s ....... haven't had a chance to get back, but I understand things have changed DRASTICALLY !

Good Luck in your search !!

[councilor j]

I lived in Farmington for 2 years and i would never go back,I couldnt wait to get out of there,The crime rate is high,lots of drugs,and the people are the rudest I have ever seen in New Mexico and I've lived in Portales,Clovis,and Albuquerque. Honestly I feel safer at night in Albuquerque than I did in Farmington.I had my car broken into,my apartment broken into twice and also someone tried to steal my car.Another bad thing about Farmington is all the drunk drivers, that place is bad about that.In my opinion,if you are searching for a decent sized place to live in N.M. then I would chose Rio Rancho or Las Cruces since every other town its size or smaller has more crime.Las Cruces is very safe and has perfect weather and palm trees and is only 45mins. from El Paso which is also one of the safest cities in the Nation.

[grainwreck]

I'm moving to Taos, temporarily, for health reasons. I was supposed to go to a high elevation and somewhere where there is low humidity so I picked Taos -- it was before I found this cool site..

Anybody know anything about it? It must be more expensive than most because it's a ski resort type of place. Low crime (I hope) I may have to move somewhere, full-time, and so I'm looking for places with clean air and low humidity and some good health food type stores. Any ideas? Thanks. ~Robin

[desertsportsman]

Originally Posted by donna7994

Hello. I recently moved to New Mexico approximately 3 months ago and am now living in Santa Fe. I am interested in relocating, but not knowing much about the state of NM I am having a hard time deciding. I am looking for a medium sized city that has a fairly low crime rate, along with a "as low as you can possibly get drug trade/use rate. Where I am at now, the crime rate isn't quite so bad but Heroin seems to rule here. I know I am not going to find a perfect city, but there has to be better places than Albuquerque. I would feel like I was back home living there. I am also looking for an area that has a good hospital. I am considering Farmington, but don't know much about the place other than they have a high death rate from drunk drivers "because of the roads being so bad and curvy" as I was told. I am open to suggestions on other places and appreciate any input I can get. You can email me at d_chisolm@hotmail.com or just write me herel.

Thanks, Donna

Well, I lived in Portales, Hobbs-Lovington, Eunice, Roswell, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Los Alamos.
If I were to everrrrrrrrrrrr move back I would live In Los Alamos. Its the safest town, crime wise in the state. However a little more costly than some. Good schools and healthcare.
We left the state three years ago.

[countryrush]

Los Alamos is a very nice place to go to. Although the lack of restaurants and all the crazy scientists running around are a negative. It is a very wealthy town. It is also still recovering from the fire a couple of years ago, so the forest isn't exactly in the best shape. It's really cold there, so if you don't like the cold don't go.

[Crackerjack]

I know Farmington really well and it is an industrial city with lots of shopping and businesses. There are a lot of oil workers and such so it has a rough edge to it but I know that a lot of higher class people live there too in rich niche neighborhoods like Paso Robles and the like with chic large homes hanging off of mountainsides and cliffsides. You will also see drunks and homeless people walking downtown. It is like two different worlds. So it depends on your income there, if rich you can live in the paradise world of Farmington, if not, I'd look at Las Cruces. Someone mentioned about Taos, Durango, CO, north of Farmington, is a nice city much like Taos not as expensive but headed that way fast. Durango is building like crazy with condos and apartments everywhere so you can get into an apartment pretty easy but houses are high priced. Durango also has stores like a large Walmart, Home Depot and malls and such with lots of shopping. I also noticed that they want a healthy place, Durango is one of the top most healthy cities in America and that is why many pro bike riders live there and there are many health type stores and health food stores there.Taos is more artsy and a skiers type of town. So to some it up, if you have the money, Farmington or Durango,CO or Taos, if not, Las Cruces. Las Cruces is a cheaper place to live and it depends on what climate you like, palms - Las Cruces, pines - Durango, Taos, not anything but sagebrush - Farmington.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by desertsportsman

Well, I lived in Portales, Hobbs-Lovington, Eunice, Roswell, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Los Alamos.
If I were to everrrrrrrrrrrr move back I would live In Los Alamos. Its the safest town, crime wise in the state. However a little more costly than some. Good schools and healthcare.
We left the state three years ago.

I'd concur with that.

If you're wanting to get away from the drugs and crime, definitely stay away from Farmington, Roswell, and Albquerque. Even Clovis and Portales have a growing drug problem. I grew up in Portales, and the crime rate there for such a small community is startling.

[Crackerjack]

I agree. For Portales to be as small as it is, it sure has a high crime problem and so does Hobbs. My sister's best friend had to flee out of Hobbs because she was afraid to even walk down a street. Portales and Rosewell are just the same as well. There needs to be a crackdown on crime by the law. It is time the citizens at these high crime towns say "enough is enough" and demand action by the police to stop the crime, drugs, outlaws and gangs. New Mexico would be a great place to live if they would stop the crime. New Mexico is still a great place to live, but why should only the rich towns be safe while those less fortunate towns have to deal with all the crime? I hope New Mexicans will start crime watches on every block in every town.

[councilor j]

I used to live in Portales and I love that town, but too small for me. Most of the crime in Portales comes from druggies and bored teenagers,the teens have nothing better to do than get drunk and break windows,break into cars and party.On sundays Portales has something to do-they cruise in taco town(north part of the town)people come from Clovis and everybody cruises and rides their horses and has bbq's at the park. Its Cinco De Mayo every sunday in Portales.