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I looked it up and the newspaper here didn't even run a story on it. I know that the CEO of Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center shut the hospital down while the group was dealt with. But that's how this town is - the paper probably didn't run a story about it because they don't want news like that out. So there ya go - either believe me that it happened or don't. But it did. This can be a "funny" town at times. That's goofy to hold up on running a story like that. Really goofy.
It happened.
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I looked it up and the newspaper here didn't even run a story on it. I know that the CEO of Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center shut the hospital down while the group was dealt with. But that's how this town is - the paper probably didn't run a story about it because they don't want news like that out. So there ya go - either believe me that it happened or don't. But it did. This can be a "funny" town at times. That's goofy to hold up on running a story like that. Really goofy.
It happened.
I did a little more digging and it looks like the Alamogordo Daily News did run a story about it. The story states that although there were many rumors on Facebook and other social media platforms about antifa coming to Alamo and the police were ready, it didn't actually happen. The hospital CEO may have been acting out of an excess of caution, but antifa never did come to town.
The good news is that this doesn't appear to be something people in Alamo or other small towns really have to worry about. The bad news is that the fear these rumors has stoked up has led to some pretty ugly situations. In some cases, people who just happen to look like they're "not from around here" have been harassed or threatened because locals think they might have something to do with this. That's a real shame.
What are the pros and cons to living in Alamogordo?
For me.
CONS: Have to drive aways to get to Sam's, COSTCO and a few other places that I use. I don't go to them much, so I can live with it.
PROS: Small without being too small; flat with plenty of non-flat mountains not far out my door; feels like zero humidity after living 20+ years in a place that was miserable; no traffic jams or long treks to get anywhere in town; base close by for a little grocery shopping every couple of weeks (retired AF); housing a better deal than the last few places I lived; feeling (and actuality) of safety and no human threats anywhere I go in town; not that far from beautiful scenery and surroundings (when the view outside my bedroom window isn't quite enough).
For my wife:
CONS: No Sprout's nearby. But after visiting the one in Las Cruces she's pretty much done with them at least until the Chinese Red Death scare is over.
PROS: Pretty much the same as mine, but also she likes the junk stores here because the prices, while sometimes high, are still a better deal than where we left.
I did a little more digging and it looks like the Alamogordo Daily News did run a story about it. The story states that although there were many rumors on Facebook and other social media platforms about antifa coming to Alamo and the police were ready, it didn't actually happen. The hospital CEO may have been acting out of an excess of caution, but antifa never did come to town.
Moreover, the rumors of buses of antifa coming to small towns to raise havok are a nationwide phenomenon on social media and YouTube, but the rumors are almost entirely false. Check this report from the Jewish Anti-Defamation League for more details.
The good news is that this doesn't appear to be something people in Alamo or other small towns really have to worry about. The bad news is that the fear these rumors has stoked up has led to some pretty ugly situations. In some cases, people who just happen to look like they're "not from around here" have been harassed or threatened because locals think they might have something to do with this. That's a real shame.
Thanks for providing this update. Yeah, GCRMC CEO Jim Heckert was probably just acting out of the abundance of caution. This purported visit was to be on the heels of the Minneapolis murder of George Floyd, so tensions were running high.
That was my point: places like Alamogordo are all that a lot of folks around here have ever seen. To a lot of locals, this story was a big emergency. I think you're right, we don't really have to worry about problems like this. I was really surprised to even hear this story at all. I found it kind of...out of the normal boundaries, but, then again, COVID-19 is kind of out of the normal boundaries, too, eh?
What is it about Alamogordo that makes it feel "less Texan" if you will?
Also, thanks for the message!
well i think to me some of the things that make it less Texan and more New Mexican if you will is that it is not on the Llano Estacado like many of the towns in Eastern New Mexico and also it does not have a oil and gas based economy and its so close to snowcapped mountains.
Ummm...There is a big difference between Cloudcroft and Alamo, IMO. The altitude for one thing. And the small "old western" small town vs a contemporary small city. To say nothing of forested surroundings vs desert. And cool summer vs hot. Etc...
I think the thing about Cloudcroft and Ruidoso as well is that just about everybody who vacations there or has a second home there is a Texan. Live in Oklahoma and just about everyone goes to Northern NM or Colorado for vacation on a routine basis and we are the second closest state to SE NM. Obviously, nobody from Arizona or Colorado is going to need to go to Cloudcroft or Ruidoso for that type of environment (except for horse racing fans). So basically you have Texans.
East of the mountains is pretty much non discernable from west Texas except for maybe Carlsbad.
Elk says he feels some Texas feel in Alamo, but that's where I start getting a more autonomous New Mexican feeling. Getting west of the Sacramentos gets you different weather, scenery, and I sense a cultural shift in that area.
As for Hobbs, unless you just want to live in New Mexico for the sake of living there, I don't know why I'd bother leaving Midland.
Hi eddie,ya i saw something that 80 percent of the clientele of the casino in Ruidoso are my fellow Texans so your right on about it being mostly a popular Texan vacation spot.I think Carlsbad may have a little more in common geographically with the Trans-Pecos than Hobbs and Roswell.
Ya i feel a shift once u get to Alamo.I just want to live in New Mexico for the sake of living in the Land of Enchantment and also living there has become more of a priority since i came so close to moving to the Alien City.I have always wanted to live in America's Land of Enchantment for a short while.
If you want to live in Little Texas, consider Carlsbad in addition to Hobbs. I spent a few weeks in Carlsbad on a work assignment in 2014 and thought it was rather attractive. The Pecos River runs through the town and there is a nice park. I was amazed at the size of the Pecos - it made the town seem like an oasis in the desert. Carlsbad is near Carlsbad Caverns (which I assume is closed) and Guadalupe National Park. It is a little smaller than Hobbs so do not know if Hobbs has more of a nightlife. There were some nice residential areas in Carlsbad too. I got the impression that Carlsbad was like a white collar Midland while Hobbs was the blue collar equivalent of Odessa. When I was there, oil prices were sky high and the place was booming with oilfield workers so you could not find a place to live but that was true for Hobbs too at the time. At least one large apartment complex was under construction.
Roswell might be an option but I do not know much about it but it is closer to Ruidoso.
I lived in Cloudcroft as a teenager and considered it very Texan. Lots of Texas tourists and retirees and almost all of the working people had close ties to Texas. Very upper middle class and very few Hispanics in the town. We went to Alamogordo to shop and it was different. Lots of military and lots of Hispanics native to the area. More live and let live. Never felt that it was Texan although I was coming from a Cloudcroft perspective. Later I became good friends in college with three people from Alamogordo/Tularosa and they could have been from anywhere in New Mexico. But Alamo, as we called it, is conservative compared to Las Cruces.
I am considering C-Bad plus Hobbs and Roswell.I have been to the Cavern City when it was booming too.I had to pay an arm and a leg for a room on one of the trips.I am not concerned about nightlfie since i have my beer and wine at home for the most part.Ya the Caverns are real kool.Thats kind of funny since Carlsbad, New Mexico seemed blue collar to me but i dont know for sure.Thanks for the information,ABQ2015.
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