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Not to worry. You can retire here and see what you missed. New Mexico will still be here.
Wouldn't it be funny if NM is gone due to a Pangaea theory, which will not happen in my lifetime! At least it will take millions of years for land to be altered.
I am an IT major, but I am seeing all kinds of posts on this site and many places on the internet about people wanting to retire in NM. NM is a retiree home not a place to settle down for a young person. That's what happens in a place with a failing sprawl just like how young people are moving out of NJ, which will turn NJ into a rust belt sometime in my lifetime making NJ a retiree state.
Most retirees have been around the block a few times.....you might even could learn something from some of them.
Wouldn't it be funny if NM is gone due to a Pangaea theory, which will not happen in my lifetime! At least it will take millions of years for land to be altered.
If you enjoy historical geology, New Mexico definitely has it all. I was 19 when I first came to the State and hardly knew what a rock was yet I ended up with a minor in geology from a small New Mexico university.
Of course my education came at a time just after Pangaea had moved into the northern hemisphere.
If you enjoy historical geology, New Mexico definitely has it all. I was 19 when I first came to the State and hardly knew what a rock was yet I ended up with a minor in geology from a small New Mexico university.
School of Mines?
Yeah NM has interesting geology. And within easy driving distance of even more interesting geology (southern Utah).
School of Mines?
Yeah NM has interesting geology. And within easy driving distance of even more interesting geology (southern Utah).
Ha! No. I think the School of Mines became New Mexico Tech in 1951. I'm old enough to remember when you could drive for hours in the evenings in many places in New Mexico and not see another car but not quite old enough to have attended NMSM.
I certainly agree that southern Utah also has some amazing geology. Last summer my family and I took our RV out of Albuquerque over to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, then on into Moab. There we visited the Canyonlands NP and the Arches NP then headed over into Colorado. All extremely beautiful areas.
This is very misleading.
The numbers in parenthesis indicate the percent of people who moved into the state that were retirees.
In absolute numbers, the big dog, and leader of the pack is still Florida.
According to SmartAsset using 2016 US census figure reflecting net migration of people over the age of sixty:
"The top four states where retirees are moving remains unchanged from last year’s study. Florida, Arizona, North Carolina and South Carolina once again occupy the top four spots. Of these four, Florida is a clear first. In total, 84,600 more retirees moved to Florida than left. Arizona which took second had about 28,600, North Carolina received about 15,600 and South Carolina received a net influx of about 8,500 retirees."
I don't think it has changed all that much since then.
Very misleading. And just one van company's data. I don't think too much can be gleaned from that.
Looks like from cell h53 that 57,255 people moved from another state to NM in 2017, and from cell ca10 67,296 moved to another state from NM. So ~10k net loss due to migration within the US, or 0.5% per year. On this page you can see that this level of net population loss has been typical for NM since 2011. https://www.governing.com/gov-data/c...-by-state.html
The state we trade most people with is TX, by far. Next down the list are AZ, CA, and CO.
My husband lived in Albuquerque in the 80's while he was doing his residency. We have been back many times. He has always wanted to return. We made a big step and purchased property. We are looking forward to retirement in Albuquerque!
Wait, I don't understand these numbers. Shouldn't they all add up to 100% of United Van Lines' retiree moves, instead of over 300%? lol
NM is cheap, and has low property tax rates. Maybe retirees don't feel they have to worry about it running out of water in their lifetime, but they might find out they're wrong.Let's hope not.
Sorry, Ruth4Truth, I have to disagree that living in NM is cheap and property taxes low. I've lived here for 10 years and I'm paying as much as I did for expenses and property taxes as in Seattle! Maybe if you leave around Deming and in a single wide on an acre?
Sorry, Ruth4Truth, I have to disagree that living in NM is cheap and property taxes low. I've lived here for 10 years and I'm paying as much as I did for expenses and property taxes as in Seattle! Maybe if you leave around Deming and in a single wide on an acre?
Well....we find that most things in NM are much cheaper than where we are moving from....the Fairbanks, Alaska area. The one exception we found was with housing.....at least in the SF area.
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