Might be moving to Albuquerque, NM.... need some info

[doubleh]

Gamestalker, this is just a friendly hint but some things have changed in the last few years.

I'm an ex-Texan and have lived in NM so long I've been forgiven for that fact. Frankly speaking, you couldn't drag me back, kicking and screaming, and make me stay in Texas. I have been asked several times by Texans why I don't move back now that I'm retired. I always get that shocked, big eyed look and the "You've got to be kidding" reply when I tell them I don't want to live in Texas. They say "But you have to pay income tax over there". I just explain that it is a lot cheaper to pay the income tax than pay their sales and property taxes. Another plus is I can step off the road dang near anywhere I want in my part of the state and not be arrested for trespass.

I should say that the property tax thing would be different if I lived in Santa Fe county.

 

[bltmonty]

Just a note on NM CCW--you can open carry or carry concealed in vehicles, but you cannot carry concealed on the person without a CCW license. The CCW licensing requirements are fairly rigorous--15 hours, including a mandatory range certification, and currently, there's a 2 year refresher course requirement.

I live in southern New Mexico and prefer it to Albuquerque, which indeed has more problems with drugs, violence, and gangs.

 

[84B20]

I moved to Santa Fe almost 10 years ago from LA and don't regret it for a minute. I live in the county so don't have to deal with the "progressives" very much. As for the crime problem in Albuquerque, it isn't nearly as bad as it was in LA or probably Miami for that matter, but as for being a LEO there it would probably be enough to reduce the boredom of the job.