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I think Raton is a real nice town. I had a population of circa 7000. It set in the mountains and the view is great. You can pretty much find everything you need there or within a short driving distance to Trinidad (CO) which is 20 mins away. I have found the people there to be nothing but nice. The houses can be a tad expensive from what locals are telling me, for the size of the area vs wages but I dont think they are terribly high. (800) 638-6161 is the number of their Chamber of Commerce which can help you with questions we dont have answers to.
Raton, like many places in NM, is too high for many retirees because they don't have good lungs, they end up on O2 all the time. Do you like snow? Going to have plenty, plenty, plenty. Many times retirees trying to get away from snow. I think BNSF abandoning the rr in favor of the Belen cut-off is not going to help things in Raton, either. Do you like Hispanic culture? That is Raton. How's your health, it's a small town and you will have to travel for any specialty things. Just some things to think about, I think NM has a lot of pretty places for retirees.
I think Raton is a real nice town. I had a population of circa 7000. It set in the mountains and the view is great. You can pretty much find everything you need there or within a short driving distance to Trinidad (CO) which is 20 mins away. I have found the people there to be nothing but nice. The houses can be a tad expensive from what locals are telling me, for the size of the area vs wages but I dont think they are terribly high. (800) 638-6161 is the number of their Chamber of Commerce which can help you with questions we dont have answers to.
Raton has a good art scene for a town its size, is home to the NRA's Whittington Center. The downtown is nice (about a mile from the highway interchange). The town has converted the old ATSF employee library into a nice gallery featuring regional artists. Haven't been in a few years, but the El Portal Hotel on 3rd St used to have a great cafe. The old theater on 2nd has been mostly restored and gets national touring companies of Broadway shows etc.
But isn't Clayton East of Raton?
Last edited by jsc23; 02-21-2008 at 07:52 PM..
Reason: adding info
I am going to visit the Whittington Center on the next trip. Considering I've been in the NRA for a couple of decades, a day or so of training and practice with some real experts would be enjoyable. Raton looks, from all the info I have collected, to be a real live western small city.
When we retire I think we will want a place with less snow but not true desert.
I would appreciate it if anyone had any feed back about Raton NM. Thanks.
just a couple of things: 1-even for those with no lung problems the high altitude can play murder on breathing so think about that. Even living a little south of Albuquerque has been hard for me and my heart and oxygen level are very good, but 7 years and I still have some problems.
I also would spend some time in the state before making a decision. The climate is awesome, sunshine and beautiful scenery. Of course Raton is colder than the Albuqueque area. The people in the state are a mixture of very nice and not so nice. For the most the state has a mind set that doesn't always agree with some of us who have come from other places.
We love our neighbors and our church. We are very involved in the community but because of the poverty in the state, the crooked government and a few other problems we have decided to re-locate. When we retired here it never dawned on us this would happen.
Nita
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