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Back Home. Where will our next home be?

With our mission complete to check out the top four choices for relocating next year, we drove home from Santa Fe without wasting any time, leaving early Sunday morning and pulling into our driveway on Monday evening. Home, sweet home I've mowed the lawn, picked up the junk mail, and roasted coffee for the week.  Did we reach any conclusions after five weeks of boots-on-the-ground research?  Kinda, sorta.  I confirmed for myself that I'm ready to move from Wisconsin after living here for the last 30-plus years.  Honestly, I could live in any of the four cities that we visited, but Julia and I are in agreement on the top two. Not making the final list are Grand Junction and Santa Fe. We couldn't find as much bang for the buck as we expected in Grand Junction as it relates to housing.  Also, Julia felt that it was too isolated from a major airport and too small in general.  Santa Fe was just too expensive for us, although we loved many things about it as a destination.  As th

Santa Fe

 

Santa Fe pickleball courts. Fort Marcy

Usually, we spend several days checking real estate listings and open houses. After one day of that here, there is good news. We are done with that job. We absolutely can’t afford to live here, so we are entering full vacation mode. 


It’s time for a hike. This morning, we did a steep but short four mile hike up Picacho Peak.



steep but well-marked.




A good day with spectacular weather and views.

Comments

MFH said…
We've always thot of it like Disneyland. I looked at Zillow....it was prett grim. $300k for a condo in "the projects." SHEESH!
John said…
Disneyland is a good name for it. I also saw it called Fanta Se. Buying a home here turned out to be a fantasy. Even if we really stretched financially, the numbers just didn’t add up. It’s also much grittier than our last time visiting. Lots of signs of drug problems and organized panhandlers. Reality beyond the Plaza and the Railroad District.
MFH said…
If you're still there, two suggestions:

https://taimodern.com/


Go about halfway up Canyon Road & visit a few galleries. The Nedra Matteucci Galleey handles classical work. Not my taste but interesting to see.

https://www.matteucci.com/




MFH said…
Julia got her hair cut! It looks great, don't you think!?!

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