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Ciudad Jurez is the Mexican city near El Paso, and I was told by several native Mexicans to stay away unless you were with someone native to that area.
Juarez is a pit. It's literally a crime-ridden Third World City. Very, very dangerous too. Every bad stereotype you've ever seen about Mexico is true in Juarez.
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Originally Posted by winnie
If you like Mexican culture, you will likely love southern NM. Many of those towns are 40% hispanic, some are even higer percentages.
Most NM towns have a large Hispanic population. There's a large Navajo influence in the north and Apache in the south (especially around Ruidoso). College towns bring in quite a few students and teachers from Asia and the Middle East. Culturally, NM has lots of neat stuff. I grew up in a dinky podunk town (that still had a university), and as a kid I had friends who were Mexican, Chinese, Iranian, Indian, and African American.
they say the same about Tijuana, but I still go there during the day and have never had any problems. The best border town that I have ever visited is Nuevo Laredo. Sure both TJ and NL are now having their drug wars and so killing in the streets, but it wouldn't stop me from going there during the day. My feeling about Mexico is, you can't really find it until you get past the border towns, and the more south you go the better it is. I think it is great that NM has that culture.
I just saw a cheap house with some land in Tularosa and wondered where it was.
I wish I could just draw myself a town and move there. It would look like Stars Hallow on The Gilmore Girls, but it would only get 8 inches of snow. It would not be humid, and the summers would be 90 to 95 for highs. The wind would not blow badly, and they had a great library, many ethnic restaurants, movie houses, and plays. In winter the town would be decorated for each season, and at Christmas they would have hayrides and plays on the street. The people would be of different cultures, and everyone would be friendly.
Tularosa is a tiny town about 10 miles north of Alamogordo. It is at the foothills of the mountains that go up to Ruidoso. The town should have pretty cheap property and it is easy to get down to Alamo.
It seems like the wind issue is not going to be as big down in Alamogordo as it was where I lived in NM (Clovis) so don't despair quite yet about the city. According to the city data info, the winds are only marginally higher there than the average for the US. So it being down in a valley must protect it a bit.
I doubt the area gets too many 100 degree days either. But Cruces is a little hotter, and not as protected.
Alamogordo is more like 50000 and that is just the town, there are more if you include Tularosa, High Rolls, Valmont, La Luz, Cloudcroft, Mayhill and all the other small towns in the immediate vacinity. Employment is pretty good especially if you are into government contracting and in particular if you hold a security clearance, A clearance in this area writes its own ticket. There are lots of service jobs in the area as well but generaly pay minimum wage and competition can be high with military spouses and locals with little education or technical skills. Basically Aerospace, Intelligence, federal law enforcement and Land Management rule the area as far as jobs go.
I can't figure out how to start a new thread, so I'll post this as a reply to the message about where it doesn't snow too much.
Gallup looks good to me, driving through, talking to people, and checking out the web site. But I want to talk to people who know it.
I'm a life-long resident of California, currently in the Mojave Desert. I want a place with a reasonable cost of living, some cultural outlets, a college or university campus, and a history. A retirement community does not appeal--too limited, too expensive, and too focused on golf, not horses.
Will someone start a conversation? And maybe tell me how to start a new thread?
I can't figure out how to start a new thread, so I'll post this as a reply to the message about where it doesn't snow too much.
Gallup looks good to me, driving through, talking to people, and checking out the web site. But I want to talk to people who know it.
I'm a life-long resident of California, currently in the Mojave Desert. I want a place with a reasonable cost of living, some cultural outlets, a college or university campus, and a history. A retirement community does not appeal--too limited, too expensive, and too focused on golf, not horses.
Will someone start a conversation? And maybe tell me how to start a new thread?
--redswan
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WHAT EVER YOU DO DO NOT MOVE TO T OR C! The Justice Department classifies it as the worst small town in the US to live in as organized crime rules here and 62% of the government and 41% of the businesses here are corrupt. In 1998 there were 7 murders in one year. There are two terrorist groups here and three hate groups have chapters here. There are dozens of drug dealers, meth labs and money laundering businesses here. And there are six dogs for every person that bark night and day never giving you any peace.
And walking at night alone on the streets dog will attack you as the dog owners turn them loose at night and sometimes in the day time too.
Best big town is Las Cruces. Best small towns are small towns are Capitan, Silver City and Alamogordo.
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But Cruces is a little hotter, and not as protected.
Relocate to New Mexico
focused on golf, not horses. 
redswan...
