Neigborhoods - Where to live in Las Cruces?

[dacx]

Originally Posted by lawmom

You're welcome. I just found that site and thought it was pretty neat, though as pointed out, not completely accurate. One house I looked at in Maine listed "Cumberland Farms" as a grocery store -- it's a gas station/convenience store. So obviously further research is needed, but still, it's pretty cool.

I agree that it was a great site! I'll love playing around with it.
It can be a little too detail oriented though. I put in the address of where I was raised and it showed the nearest schools with one being a privately owned/ran classic piano school. That's great if you want to learn the piano but for basic info on the public schools, well.....let's just say that the nearest public school to the address I gave wasn't even listed.

[DrJoel]

What is the water situation in LC? I know that Phoenix doesn't really have a big problem, but Las Vegas does.

[jaxart]

Water is a big issue EVERYWHERE in the southwestern deserts.

Las Cruces has less of a problem than some other locales due to the fact that it is in the irrigated valley (plain) of the Rio Grande. At least the older city is. Newer subdivisions are sprawling up the foothills on both sides of the river plain where water is less abundant and landscaping means Xeriscaping (native desert plants).