Moving. Anyone know anything about Las Cruces, NM?

[arz]

Never been terribly active here at ar-15.co, and that I regret. But everyone I've met has been a quality human. Going to miss you.

That said, anyone know anything about Las Cruces, NM? Wife and I have both accepted positions and we'll be gone by year end. More money / better jobs, cheaper real estate, free tuition at NM state schools and overall lower cost of living pushed us there.

Looking for info, shooting related or otherwise.

[bczandm]

I traveled to El Paso (very nearby) on a regular basis and was ok with the area. It's wouldn't be my first choice of a place to live but far from last. Certain types of crime are significantly higher, such as car theft however to your point cost of living is much lower. Rain can be amazingly heavy, never go out if the roads are icy as no one knows how to drive on them. Food expense was almost nothing and some of the restaurants are amazing!

If you use any prescriptions or like cuban cigars get them right across the border, just be careful for fake everything.
Bob

[Great-Kazoo]

The friends we know who moved back from there said.. It's a whole different breed of hispanics down there. Meaning .. that close to the border you have folks with a different mentality. Like beware of surroundings even more so..

http://www.picachogunclub.com/RangeMap.htm


http://www.strykersshootingworld.com/

http://www.meetlascruces.com/Butterf...ing-Range.html



Crime wise it's mostly burglaries, auto theft, assaults,. the usual crap associated with more densely populated areas.


As with any other semi free state, it's what you make of it.

[Grant H.]

No offense to anyone there, but, El Paso is a shit hole. I've spent too much time there to ever think it is anything else.

Las Cruces was nice, the little bit I saw. I spent 3 days with a SEVERE case of the flu in the hotel, and then spent 3 days training Army morons how to use the radios we built, that they put in their missiles.

[earplug]

Folks used to live there. Organ mountains look nice, if you like sand blasted stone landscape that has been left out to bake.
Kid had heat stroke when we walked in the desert in December. Close to the ground is much hotter. Dogs said it sucked.
Don't piss off the locals, they are clannish.

[arz]

Regarding the Hispanic population - I've been told by someone of Mexican descent who lives in the area: "There are Mexicans. And there are MEXICANS." (emphasis theirs).

[lex137]

I heard that the cops in NM not sure what city or county they have the most accurate/ head shots than any other police force... just saying might not want to get in a shootout there, lol.

[thvigil11]

Public range west of town, multiple ranges, pistol pits, long range, etc. Great weather for motorcycles. About 2 weeks out of the year where you can't ride. Summers can get brutal. NMSU usually hosts great concerts, big names and such. Good hiking in the mts. Oryx hunts over at white sands, great waterfowl, quail and small game hunting. Lots of public land around. Lived there for 4 years in the 90s and a few years last decade too. Would do it again. Didn't feel the crime or immigration problem was any worse than most other places in the SW. Now El Paso on the otherhand, that's the crappiest crap hole that ever crapped. Silver city and the Gila wilderness are just and hour and a half away, great hiking and fishing. Go east an hour or so and you've got cloudcroft and Ruidoso. More hiking and fishing. Horseyracing and gambling. Cruces was number 2 on our list for new mexico when me and the wife were looking to leave denver.

[Zundfolge]

A friend of mine grew up there ... went to high school there. If you have kids, and they go through school there you can expect a high school graduate with an education equivalent to a bachelors at a top tier college. More STEM PhD's per square mile than pretty much any place on earth.


Oops ... nevermind ... that was Los Alamos, not Los Cruces.

[Scanker19]

Gross... cruces... could be worse. Could be AbQ. NMSU is there so it's somewhat a college town.