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Rio Rancho was a private sector real estate development. I remember when it was fairly new because one of my neighbors moved there in the early '70s. It was pretty small then. Not like now.
I suppose the feds could have placed people in the community but they certainly didn't "build" it specifically for people in the witness protection program.
The American Realty and Petroleum Corporation purchased 55,000 acres of unincorporated land, that since became Rio Rancho, in 1961. Then in 1971, the same corporation bought an additional 35,000 acres after Rio Rancho had grown to 1,000 residents. In turn, AMREP offered incentives to Intel to locate a branch office there in 1981. Unsubstantiated is that an Italian real estate developer that helped design Cape Coral, Florida, was influential in spreading the same model in Rio Rancho, by inviting perspective buyers to a free dinner for two intended to use a sales approach to close deals on land within 90 minutes.
Many Americans don't know New Mexico is part of the US. I don't want them to know it is, they might come here.
I agree with the sentiment but it is too late. I have been told by many people from the midwest who immigrated here in the last 20 years that my pronounciation of the street names and towns is incorrect! They actually think Madrid is pronounced "Maaaaaadrid"! I won't miss them if they all go home, but I think a lot of them are here to stay. We have 2.2 million people in this state and that is about 1 million too many for the desert environment so if you are thinking of immigrating to New Mexico, explore other options. If you want green lawns and big oak and weeping willow trees you will be very unhappy here, it is now illegal to have lawns of any size greater than 5' by 5'. And water is expensive.
The American Realty and Petroleum Corporation purchased 55,000 acres of unincorporated land, that since became Rio Rancho, in 1961. Then in 1971, the same corporation bought an additional 35,000 acres after Rio Rancho had grown to 1,000 residents. In turn, AMREP offered incentives to Intel to locate a branch office there in 1981. Unsubstantiated is that an Italian real estate developer that helped design Cape Coral, Florida, was influential in spreading the same model in Rio Rancho, by inviting perspective buyers to a free dinner for two intended to use a sales approach to close deals on land within 90 minutes.
Wow, I always thought Rio Rancho was designed by crazy people, the roads are impossible to navigate unless you are just passing through, which would be stupid as there is a freeway that bypasses that city. And now it is hard to tell where Rio Rancho ends and Bernalillo begins. It would be bigger if it wasn't for the Santa Ana reservation.
A new golf course can have very little lawn. It has to have xeriascaping for the most part. The old golf courses lawns are "grandfathered" in, just like some homes in the university area of Albuquerque.
I remember when Isleta Pueblo put their golf course in and thought it was a horrible eyesore. But they have changed some of the landscaping because of new rules about how the water from the Rio Grande is used.
I agree with the sentiment but it is too late. I have been told by many people from the midwest who immigrated here in the last 20 years that my pronounciation of the street names and towns is incorrect! They actually think Madrid is pronounced "Maaaaaadrid"! I won't miss them if they all go home, but I think a lot of them are here to stay. We have 2.2 million people in this state and that is about 1 million too many for the desert environment so if you are thinking of immigrating to New Mexico, explore other options. If you want green lawns and big oak and weeping willow trees you will be very unhappy here, it is now illegal to have lawns of any size greater than 5' by 5'. And water is expensive.
It's pretty much a jungle this year! I'm swatting away mosquitoes now... If they can put 40 million in Saudi Arabia with 0 permanent rivers, I guess 2.2 million isn't too much for NM lol.
To the original question, one thing that's stood out to me after being here a little while is that New Mexico is very "crusty". It's simply just not polished like many other parts of the US are. There's pluses and minuses to this, it makes the state more authentic, historical, and unique, but there's also a disorganized and unmaintained aspect to it.
If New Mexico took a big 5 personality test, it would rank very low on the orderliness vector. It would also rank high on the aethecticness / openness section.
It's pretty much a jungle this year! I'm swatting away mosquitoes now... If they can put 40 million in Saudi Arabia with 0 permanent rivers, I guess 2.2 million isn't too much for NM lol.
To the original question, one thing that's stood out to me after being here a little while is that New Mexico is very "crusty". It's simply just not polished like many other parts of the US are. There's pluses and minuses to this, it makes the state more authentic, historical, and unique, but there's also a disorganized and unmaintained aspect to it.
If New Mexico took a big 5 personality test, it would rank very low on the orderliness vector. It would also rank high on the aethecticness / openness section.
This is the wettest year I have experienced in New Mexico. I recommend using powdered sulfur (not the crystals) in your yard. Sprinkle it everywhere and wet it in with the hose. It will keep the mosquitos, ticks and fleas down. I usually do it every fall and every spring.
When I was growing up average humidity was 9% and now it is almost 16%.
It's pretty much a jungle this year! I'm swatting away mosquitoes now...
Do you normally have mosquitoes in Taos? It's been wet for spring in Ruidoso also, but there aren't any here. Even in July and August during monsoons they are rare.
This is the wettest year I have experienced in New Mexico. I recommend using powdered sulfur (not the crystals) in your yard. Sprinkle it everywhere and wet it in with the hose. It will keep the mosquitos, ticks and fleas down. I usually do it every fall and every spring.
When I was growing up average humidity was 9% and now it is almost 16%.
Yeah it's literally rained every other day up here for about a month. Same with the fam up in Colorado Springs. Guess that's what happens when the entirety of the US west of us is super wet. They are only in one pocket of the yard where it's squishy. They'll go away soon enough I bet.
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Do you normally have mosquitoes in Taos? It's been wet for spring in Ruidoso also, but there aren't any here. Even in July and August during monsoons they are rare.
IDK my first summer here. I've swatted them all over though, particularly in beaver pond squishy areas in the mountains. FWIW I did not really swat many in Georgia, I think the spiders ate them all down there. Just don't go to north MN this time of year :O
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