Why is Santa Fe real estate expensive? (Albuquerque: for sale, apartments)

[CAVA1990]

It's also the state capital so offers some relatively high paying government jobs as well as for contractors, lobbyists, and lawyers.

[loborick]

Originally Posted by vashdown

Are there any young-ish professionals aged 30-45 living in Santa Fe?


Or mostly older retired people, 55 plus?

Everyone that lives in Santa Fe is over 55 and retired. So it's really hard to get service at a restaurant. No youngish professionals here.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by vashdown

Are there any young-ish professionals aged 30-45 living in Santa Fe?

Or mostly older retired people, 55 plus?

From the 2010 census, 24.9 percent of the 16,902 residents of Santa Fe were 25 to 44 years old and 25.9 percent (17,598 people) are over 60...


Rich

[mortimer]

Originally Posted by vashdown

Are there any young-ish professionals aged 30-45 living in Santa Fe?

"Are there any" could mean just a few hundred or so ( or dozen ).

Originally Posted by vashdown

Or mostly older retired people, 55 plus?

51% would technically be "mostly."

Even if the numbers meet someone's requirements, it would be best
to visit and see what one thinks about the vibe of the place.

Lots of people hate it. Lots of people love it.

[mt971x]

Because Santa Fe captivates that "Southwest" thought when you first think of it, you think Adobes, history, and cultural significance. Santa Fe is a classic name and location that perfectly captures what the South west is all about, that's how I see it..

[GreatSantaFe]

Santa Fe real estate has gotten a lot more affordable during the past several years. People coming here to look at properties now are delightedly surprised to find that they can afford a nice home here - at all price points.
Albuquerque area properties will probably always have a lower average price - but then you'd have to live there....;o)

[pkennedy1990]

Originally Posted by catman

It's also a "hip" place to live. Albuquerque is thought of as more blue-collar, without the cachet of Santa Fe.

No, Albuquerque's reputation is more "shootout at the OK Corral" than Santa Fe's. Blue-collar alone wouldn't necessarily have to mean gunfire, drug wars, crime and prostitution, but that's what Albuquerque's reputation is. There is such a thing as lower-income WITHOUT high criminal element but will someone please tell that to Albuquerque.......

[pkennedy1990]

Originally Posted by loborick

Everyone that lives in Santa Fe is over 55 and retired. So it's really hard to get service at a restaurant. No youngish professionals here.

No, all the cashiers at both Wal-Marts seem to be in their late teens or early 20's. Target, too, to some extent.

Now, of course, on that kind of "salary" maybe those employees live in Espanola.......?

[pkennedy1990]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

It's also the state capital so offers some relatively high paying government jobs as well as for contractors, lobbyists, and lawyers.

"High paying" government jobs?? The MVD pays its Call Center reps around $10/hour.

[NMHacker]

Originally Posted by pkennedy1990

"High paying" government jobs?? The MVD pays its Call Center reps around $10/hour.

It's a call center. That typically is a low level low skill job. You know that government jobs aren't all call center positions?