First Time Home Buyer

[Shannacore]

Originally Posted by Tiddlywinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does it snow in that desert? If it doesn't how do you tell what season it is without leaves changing, haunted hay rides, apple picking and the inevitable snow fall and melt?

What do people/children do for fun? When I was a kid I used to climb trees, play in the creek, run around in the yard. I did have a sandbox but it was tiny. Nature was always right out my back yard. From the looks of the few photos it looks like nature is 500 miles away. Maybe it's a fertile oasis and the couple pics of the area just make it appear barren, but I'm really at a loss for why/how people live there?

Excuse the ignorance I've never lived, nor plan on living any lower than about 42n degrees latitude.

It does snow, and we do certainly have seasons. Fall is very pretty here, and it's the season where a lot of neat stuff happens (such as lighting of the luminarias, or the international balloon fiesta). We wont get inches upon inches of snow, but it will dust and sometimes it will stick. I'm not native to here, and I do miss the weather of Colorado - especially in the Fall and Winter!

A lot of people here choose to have grass, it's just a lot of upkeep and it is expensive. I'm not motivated enough to do that, so I most likely will not with my yard.

The Sandia mountains are about 20 minutes away, and Santa Fe is less than an hour. Both really gorgeous places with more nature to look at. The Rio Grande River runs straight through Albuquerque, and The Bosque is a pretty popular place for nature viewin' and late afternoon walks.

I am in a very new part of town (my subdivision is 6 years old), where they've began to build out into the desert. So within walking distance there isn't much for me to see, yes, but a short drive away there are some pretty places.

Overall, this will never compare to living at the foot of Pikes Peak in Colorado, where I grew up, but for now this is where I'll call home. While I am getting two master's degrees for free and have a very comfortable job that requires me to do very little work, I'll stick around for a bit. Albuquerque will not be my 'forever home' though.