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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I was thinking more on the order of Albuquerque or Santa Fe, NM. But it's not an option. It was either the Villages, or some random non-community neighborhood with multiple acres of land in South Carolina, in areas where you need a shotgun to scare off the bears and Klan members.
Given those two options at the time of our forced retirement, I'll take the Villages any day. I just wish the Villages was in New Mexico. It'd be a win-win for me!
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Albuquerque, NM was a great place to grow up in back in the 1940s and 1950s and that is where I spent most of my childhood. My grandmother lived in Santa Fe and an aunt was the first school nurse in Los Alamos during WWII. NM has changed over the years, and not for the better although Los Alamos is still a great town (I lived there nine years). Santa Fe is extremely expensive. In TV parking, dog poop and such gets everybody all worked up and I just have to chuckle. I feel as safe as I have ever felt anywhere in TV and that is important to me at my age.
"New Mexico has the second-highest violent crime rate in the country—8.6 vs. 3.7 nationwide. The violent crime rate in New Mexico is one of the highest in the country—8.6 incidents per 1,000 people, compared to 3.7 across the country.Aug 5, 2020"
New Mexico's 20 Safest Cities of 2020 | SafeWise