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Or......you could come on over to Tucson Town! I know it's not in NM. But in winter the best winter. Just outside of the city are the mountains where you could go to cool off in summer.
That said , sticking with NM. It's Las Cruces . Great eating out, best MX food as everything is made with peppers. Cost of living very good , it's just a large farm town. Jan. Is the coldest, just take a vacation then. Also a hour away you can be in the Mountains where irs cool in summer.
Honestly, I don't think anyplace in New Mexico fits this list of requirements. Las Cruces average high in June and July is 95. If you know what average means, you will be uncomfortable a lot. Last summer it was over 100 quite a bit. And when the wind blows in winter at 40-45 degrees, it is quite cold. Las Cruces does not have big city amenities, thank goodness, because then it would be a big city. Santa Fe is cold, so that's out. Albuquerque has high crime rate. Maybe El Paso is the place for you
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Me and my husband have been looking to relocate to a new place. We are looking to move somewhere that is affordable, not to much crime, has good weather, no to low humidity, big city amenities, not too crowded with crazy traffic like L.A., fun things to do, and has good employment. We prefer to live in a medium sized city, but would still be okay to living in a smaller city. We would want a place that has a hospital, a airport near by (1-2 hours away), grocery stores, malls, movie theaters, restaurants, good transportation ect. Our ideal weather is temperatures not above 95 degrees and no snow if possible. It might sound funny, but after living in the Netherlands for a few years, I feel like I cannot tolerate snow or cold weather at all anymore. When the temperature is 40-41 degrees, it feels a lot colder and unbearable to me. It's even worse since the cold and humidity goes into your bones and causes a lot of pain. I know it will be difficult to find a place with our criteria, especially the weather, but I'm hopeful that we can find some place close. I've really taken a interest in New Mexico and think meet our criteria the best. Of course I love California, but it is just too expensive for us. I'm sure there are a lot of other areas that fit our criteria that I am unaware of, so please let me know what your opinion is and which city you think would be best for us, even if it wasn't something I listed.
If it's not too much trouble, could you also comment to say which city you think would be best and why. It would really help us out a lot since there's still a lot we don't know about cities.
Honestly, I don't think anyplace in New Mexico fits this list of requirements. Las Cruces average high in June and July is 95. If you know what average means, you will be uncomfortable a lot. Last summer it was over 100 quite a bit. And when the wind blows in winter at 40-45 degrees, it is quite cold. Las Cruces does not have big city amenities, thank goodness, because then it would be a big city. Santa Fe is cold, so that's out. Albuquerque has high crime rate. Maybe El Paso is the place for you
...but El Paso is less than an hour south of Las Cruces, and if anything a bit hotter: the average high is above 92 from June through August, topping out at 95.5 in June. If Las Cruces is out for its summer heat, surely EP would be too? Speaking from experience, EP is also worse for spring and fall winds than the New Mexico cities.
There is affordable housing there and the New Mexico Space Museum with an IMAX theater, a decent 10-screeen first run theater in town, etc. It was a good choice of a place to live and work in for a couple years but my wife and I, if we return to the desert SW at retirement time, would no doubt search out an Arizona locale. We love sunny Arizona, perhaps Wickenburg or Bisbee.
...but El Paso is less than an hour south of Las Cruces, and if anything a bit hotter: the average high is above 92 from June through August, topping out at 95.5 in June. If Las Cruces is out for its summer heat, surely EP would be too? Speaking from experience, EP is also worse for spring and fall winds than the New Mexico cities.
True EP is going to be hotter in summer, but it's also slightly warmer in winter and has big(ger) city amenities.
Alamo is not warmer than LC in any season. It's a few degrees cooler.
Was not the case this winter when i was two months in Las Crucis. Dec. and Jan. We had snow a couple of days in Jan. but Up the road in Almarg. rain and warmer at night.
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