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cstanleytech

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9. "There's always plenty of drinking water" For now and I would not move anywhere west due

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 05:03 AM

Oct 2022

largely to the water issues it may be facing in the long term.

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Anybody live in New Mexico? I'm looking to pull up stakes here... [View all] TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 OP

Water is not a problem. marybourg Oct 2022 #1

No. New Mexico has been a radioactive wasteland since 1945. Nobody lives there. Big coverup. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #2

I like the sangre de cristo mountains lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #3

I like that area as well. Haggard Celine Oct 2022 #5

There's always plenty of drinking water and water for household chores etc LeftInTX Oct 2022 #4

I've always looked askance at lawns. One thing I admired on a... TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #6

Access to health care is a point to consider too. irisblue Oct 2022 #7

True, but most things are covered by the VA, and NM seems to be adequately covered, TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #17

I'm thinking on long distance driving to get to primary/specialist care irisblue Oct 2022 #22

True anywhere, but does bus service exist? TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #24

In Albuquerque it does. I imagine Santa fe and las cruces do as well triron Oct 2022 #25

Don't worry about snakes LeftInTX Oct 2022 #8

As worries go, they are way down on my list, but I did notice the carpets in my hotel... TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #20

I'm in San Antonio, so my encounters have been infrequent (my home is 40 years old) LeftInTX Oct 2022 #28

"There's always plenty of drinking water" For now and I would not move anywhere west due cstanleytech Oct 2022 #9

+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #13

No there is plenty of water for essential needs. LeftInTX Oct 2022 #29

For now means it can change and given the climate issues we are potentially facing I personally cstanleytech Oct 2022 #32

There are always rock gardens, with succulents to provide some green. calimary Oct 2022 #10

Always admired rock and cactus gardens! TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #21

That makes trying to raise your own food to rude out food shortages a oroblem Kaleva Oct 2022 #34

PoindexterOglethorpe mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #11

As much as water, I'd be concerned about warming temperatures EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #12

+1. He'll be adding to the competition for a ever more scarce resource. Kaleva Oct 2022 #31

Mom lives in Albuquerque near the AF base. It's reasonably affordable for a city. haele Oct 2022 #14

I live in Albuquerque near the Manzano foothills about 6000 feet triron Oct 2022 #15

Try Ohio, we have some of the best prices for houses anywhere and Cleveland has a Theater Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #16

Theater! I lived in Manhattan for a while and there was this little thing called... TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #23

In Albuquerque we have the university of nm with popejoy hall and rodey theater triron Oct 2022 #26

Look at Ashland, OR if want to stay close to theatre PufPuf23 Oct 2022 #27

I live in Silver City, NM, Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #18

I grew up in Las Cruces and it's still my favorite city in NM Quixote1818 Oct 2022 #19

Isn't NM predicted to be hit hard by climate change? Kaleva Oct 2022 #30

Love New Mexico lindalou65 Oct 2022 #33