jrod2828 wonders:
Warning: Smart@ss comments follow.
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> You buy a scratch off lottery ticket and you won a new house. ...
For charity, right? I wouldn't buy a lottery ticket otherwise.
> Brand spanking new mansion.. can't pass it up.
Just like if I won a brand spanking new car, I'd sell it and invest the money.
People that buy McMansions - thinking about all the places that they can stash their 'stuff' forget that all that space is climate controlled. Lots o' people probably pay more in heating and air conditioning than I do in property taxes.
> Taylor Ranch
> Ventana Ranch
> Ladera Heights
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> Which neighborhood would you put it in and why?
This is going to be tough. Most Eastside residents think of these places as being the same (way out yonder West-side).
Since there are some Westside posters here, they might have some perspective, but most of them are pretty new to the area.
If I was doing the buying, I would also check the builders and then check what kind of rate of complaints there were for their products.
I'd also consider where I was going to be working in Albuquerque. You're going to have to cross a bridge.
I had to look this up:
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> Taylor Ranch --
Taylor Ranch Neighborhood Association (TRNA) - Albuquerque, New Mexico
> ..................-- N of Monaño and W of Coors
> There is a Taylor Ranch Road intersecting Montaño
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> Ventana Ranch -- N of Paseo and W of Unser
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> Ladera Heights -- N of I-40 around 98th Street
> There is a Ladera Road that roughly parallels I-40 then head's N to intersect Coors.
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The city of Albuquerque has a website with "Neighborhood Associations & District Coalitions"
Neighborhood Associations - Office of Neighborhood Coordination - Planning Department - City of Albuquerque (http://www.cabq.gov/planning/nbrcoord/neighassociations.html - broken link)
I tried making a decision, and can't seem to make up my mind - simply because none of those appeal to me.
<Click!> jrod2828 pulls the hammer back on his pistol pointed at my head. "Make a decision!" he says.
OK OK, I'd pick Ventana Ranch since it is closest to the older business section of Rio Rancho and has the easiest access to Paseo, CNM, stuff like that.