New Mexcio "Private Property Keep Out" (Ruidoso, Cloudcroft: for sale, insurance)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I spent a few days in the forest/mountain areas of High Rolls, Cloudcroft, La Laz and I live in Texas where we are supposed to be big on the ewhole " Your home is your castle" - signs that show a gun for their 911 call.
New Mexico however way outdoes Texas in the number and percentage of houses that have "No trespassing " Of course I wanted and am used to looking at properties without going inside so I notice this type of things because that was what I was doing. Many of these properties may belong to Texans who use them for vacation so I'm not pointing a finger at one state versus its just an observation.
These towns are really nice but my Miata didn't like the gravel roads. Wonder how much it costs to pave a gravel driveway per foot?
New Mexico however way outdoes Texas in the number and percentage of houses that have "No trespassing "
I'm not sure if it's a state-wide thing or local, but in Ruidoso, where I live, police will not interfere with casual trespassers UNLESS the property is clearly posted. Of course the fact that people don't live there full time is another incentive for posting the 'No Trespassing' signs. Vandalism of vacant properties is an increasing problem with thugs looking for drugs, and more. My old family cabin went for nearly 70 years with no attempted break ins, until a few years ago. Since then it's been entered several times and each time the bathroom medicine cabinet was raided, while little else was missing since there is nothing of real value kept there.
A Miata, or any low clearance vehicle, is not going to fare well on gravel or rocky roads in rural areas, for sure. Regular passenger vehicles are not much better than sports cars.
Driveways don't require a huge amount of base material like highways. Cost should be around $3-$4 per square foot, assuming there is a contractor locally to do it. That figure could vary a lot, depending on where the contractor has to come from and how bad he wants the work.
Of the properties with no tresspassing signs, there is a high percentage of trailers, with multiple pitbulls, and window treatments made of the finest fleece blanket.
Lacking a graceful way of putting it... you're looking at a state with a higher rate of hillbilly. I love texas... but yall aint got nothin on our back woods folk.
The abundance of "No Trespassing" signs in these New Mexico locations wouldn't have anything to do with the abundance of Texans trying to stick their noses in these properties, would it?
Dunno- I mentioned that Texans may own some of those problems so there is no need to get defensive. As for me I (obviously ) am only interested in land which is "For Sale". I don't enter houses. I have several parcels on the water in Texas and never mind if people want to enjoy them .. even though a few litter.
This is just an observation - lots more sings in NM. One of them even said "This means you!" I chickened out on that one...
The abundance of "No Trespassing" signs in these New Mexico locations wouldn't have anything to do with the abundance of Texans trying to stick their noses in these properties, would it?
I doubt it. Most likely has a lot to do with there being a lot of vacation homes here, as an earlier poster mentioned. Regardless of where the owner lives, part time homes are nice targets for local thieves.
In my neck of the woods there aren't many vacation homes, but the signs are here too. It has a lot to do with city people coming out to hunt for the weekend and having no regard for fences and gates - that was a problem in AZ when I lived there too. I've seen cows shot by hunters, presumably because the deer were scarce or the hunters too inept to find them.
Doesn't seem like the Texans are much to blame for no trespassing signs in NM.
Regardless of where the owner lives, part time homes are nice targets for local thieves.
Many of the "second homes" are in areas where there is very little if any traffic because people who own them were looking for a secluded site for their "getaway vacations." This leaves the property vulnerable not only to thieves and vandals, but to the homeless/squatter types. A long-standing "For Sale" sign on a furnished home can often be interpreted as an invitation to move in.
For some, and I would say most, it is a matter of liability and insurance. I can be held responsible for accidents on my property if I do not have 'No Trespassing' signs at short intervals. It is not about trailers, sheets on windows or hillbillies. Sorry Ocean, I have a ranch in Texas and the regs are the same and land owners have signs posted. As a matter of fact I believe, from experience, that Texas is more adamant about this than New Mexico.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
