Albuquerque and Santa Fe?
We would like to visit both. Better to stay in one area, then move to other area? I saw a cg on Turquoise Trail that said only 15 miles to Albuquerque and wondered if we could base camp here to both p...
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ppine wrote:
New Mexico is a very interesting place to visit. I worked for a company with an office there and visited frequently. I once tried to move there.
Alb is a big town now and has some racial issues. Santa Fe is the tourist and art mecca with a lot to see, but it has become an odd town.
NM struggles with clashes between Native Americans, people of Mexican ancestry and people with Spanish ancestry. Then you have the rich urbanites from far away that come for the art. There is the heroin connection up in Espanola. We did not move there because of the racial tension. It is hard to read people when you are out in the boonies.
I mean no offense to native NM people. I love the state and plan on visiting again. It is a place that requires vigilance and high levels of situational awareness. Do not boondock camp up in the NW corner for instance if you are Anglo.
My next trip I will be visiting places like Las Vegas, NM and other historic towns off the tourist trail of SF/Alb.
I went to school at Highlands in the '70's, and I don't believe the ethnic mix has changed all that much since then. Wonderful folks. There are issues, just as there are anywhere else. I think we need good SA wherever we camp.
