New Mexico in General

[admin]

Do you have an opinion or a question about retirement in New Mexico? This is the right place to post it!

[papajuan]

My friends and the newspapers are always talking about retiring to Arizona, North Carolina, and of course - Florida. Seems like New Mexico ought to something to try to promote retirement there - if they are interested in that form of economic development. The state has so much going for it, too bad it is a retirement afterthought. Anybody disagree?

[lindabird]

My friends from Albuquerque are always telling me to keep how great it is a secret. After all, who wants south Florida or Phoenix kind of traffic and sprawl. It's a great town that's growing plenty fast - let's keep it that way.

I would add just one comment about New Mexico retirement. There just arent that many places to retire there. Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe- they're all great, but not nearly as big as their Florida, Texas, and Arizona counterparts.

Shhhh!

[geaudy]

[papajuan]

Thanks Geaudy - great post! I hadnt thought about some of the other towns you mentioned - keep us posted on what else you learn. Getting off the beaten track appeals to me.

[lindabird]

i was trolling around another site, eons.com, and found a good discussion about places in New Mexico. My friend LIGuy has been there and this is part of what he reported to the group-you can tell he wasnt impressed. But, you should see it for yourself to judge: (see quote from another visitor below his)

The Las Cruces Farmer's Market is a hype job. It is open two days a week Saturday and (I believe) Wednesday. We were only there during the week but we were told that the Market was a worthwhile visit so we went. There had to be more action in a cemetery. There were maybe 3 or 4 vendors and a few stores and all I saw was junk. If there was a down town area we must have missed it because I didn't see anything. I'm not saying the place was horrible but it was too quiet for a small city. A lot of the homes we saw were over a 15 minute drive to a supermarket and some places it was even further. But the homes that we looked at were quite nice and very reasonably priced. As I recall there was only one major shopping center in the whole area."

Here is a different opinion though:
"absolutely love the place.... there is (like many college towns) a great Arts community.... fantastic music... great food... reasonable prices.... I have spent considerable time there and never experienced crime or felt unsafe.... my work had me involved with research with New Mexico State University and I have been going to Las Cruces on a regular basis since 1987."

You decide!