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If you were me, which area would you pack up and relocate to?
I know this is a vague question...
What are positive things about santa fe? what are negative things?
I have picked up and relocated over 10 times... But yes it is a vague question and I don't know you what you really what and what you can really accomplish and of course can you afford it?
There are plenty of threads on the pro and con's.
For me advantages of Santa Fe? Cooler in the Summer, more forests, closer to Colorado which has some nice areas.
For me disdvantages of Santa Fe? More expensive than I want to spend, further from two of my grandchildren.
Cold winter, expensive housing, restaurants mostly Mexican (sorry, I'm just not a fan ), very little shopping other than galleries and tourist places. Those are my negatives.
Lots of sun, met really great people here (all are recent transplants like myself), Trader Joes. Those are my plusses.
Very monochromatic (as in brown, grey). That goes either way. It is easy on the senses, but sometimes you like a little color .
Sf F is essentially an extremely well marketed High Sierra Spanish-Mexican theme park. It gets old fast unless you have family here or are passionately involved in the arts or the reactionary radical left wing scene.
I don't have family here and am not passionately involved in the arts and am certainly not involved in the reactionary radical left wing scene .... and I love it here and don't expect that to change. I have really not found it to be a High Sierra Spanish-Mexican theme park. To me it is just a very interesting city in which I am enjoying my life.
E Gustavsen -- it seems to me that you deal in generalities -- at least you seem to be making an awfully lot of assumptions about Santa Fe.
Yes, there's actually a big difference between New Mexican food and Mexican. New Mexican relies heavily on foods that have historically been grown here such as squash, beans, corn, chili, etc. Typical dishes are calabacitas (fried and stewed zucchini and other squashes), posole (hominy corn stew), carne adovada (pork in red chili sauce), and sopapillas (fried bread served with honey - so yummy), among others.
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), very little shopping other than galleries and tourist places. Those are my negatives.
