Las Cruces, New Mexico

jazerac
10mo ago
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It's becoming a big little city.

Pros: Lots of growth happening here so if you are entrepreneur minded there is a lot of money to be made here because the majority of locals just don't have the ambition to start businesses.

With the growth will come things to do. So this place will get better and better over the next decade. Again, a great opportunity to invest here. I am.

Very very nice people here overall. It takes a little time to get used to the laid back culture and sense of "living without a care in the world attitude" but you get used to it.

Lots of non water related outdoor activities to do but you have yo acclimate to the sun up here. It can get brutal and will really wipe you out if your in it too long.

Weather decent overall year round. There is a couple months where it's hot as hell but otherwise it's decent.

leftcoastpunk21
10mo ago
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I lived in Las Cruces for 12 years. Moved there at 22. Like any city, it has crime but really the crime isn't that bad compared to other places.

Great place for families and it has the small town feel without being such a small town. El Paso is 30 min away and you have access to both interstates to leave the city a lot easier.

I moved away from Las Cruces 3 years ago and my husband and I are seriously thinking of moving back within the next year.

BootsieBunny
1y ago
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My family moved to Las Cruces soon after my 4th birthday in 1992 from Indiana. I grew up there and love visiting every chance I get as my parents still live in our family home.

Las Cruces is a surprisingly old city. I love that you can visit places that are older then the US itself. I miss the Whole Enchilada fiesta and served it several times when I was in middle school. Cruces is a weird city with a mix of families, college students, and retirees, so despite having the best drug prices in the country because of the location between the Mexican boarder and the Boarder Patrol, it's still a really safe town. I used to go walking around in the middle of the night. Until I got worried about mountain lions in the neighborhood, but I think that's just in my head.

Old Mesilla is awesome, and home to the oldest bar in the US, I'm pretty sure, has haunted places, and there's a marry-go-round at the park there!! The downtown mall has one of the best farmers markets I've ever been to, even if in recent years it's more hippie artists than farmers, but you can get fresh produce from around the valley all the same.

The summers are HOT, but if there is a monsoon it's incredible. My favorite summer memories are sitting outside and watching storms roll in from the south west as these huge menacing clouds, or in the winter then the clouds slowly roll over the mountain like the Great Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke. And the smell… Oh god, the smell…. never smelled this smell of rain anywhere else.

Las Cruces is best kept secret in New Mexico. Even the New Mexican government leaves us out of things that are for the state, like, the train doesn't come here. There's no fast, easy way to get to Las Cruces to Albuquerque other than the highway. People from the northern part of the state shit all over Cruces, but the thing is, Cruces is such a different type of town. Santa Fe calls itself "A City Different" but it's a bunch of hippipes who came here as adults who don't really get what it is to be New Mexican.

DominusMortis89
1y ago
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Tons of interesting hiking trails, such as the Prehistoric Track ways trail that has fossils, Dripping Srpings Trail with the old sanitarium and hotel in the canyon, and Soledad Canyon with beautiful views and a small waterfall.

Food is pretty decent. I wouldn't say there are many high-end places, but the green chile is what the region is known for. You can find some in Mesilla, along with a bit of history from the old west and Spanish settlement.

A few breweries are in town with pretty good beer. I personally like Bosque best, but they are the only one that consistently has cider, and I don't enjoy beer much.

Finally, the town has a lot of community events year-round, unlike many other places I've lived. The chile fest, wine fests, car shows, farmer's markets, renn faire, and a lot more.

Pros and Cons of Living in Las Cruces