re: #290 wrenchwench

We get a lot of retirees moving in, as the jobs move out. It is the first place I’ve ever lived that has gone down in population. The ones who can’t afford Santa Fe have many small towns to choose from.

Yeah, my Idiot Brother is one of those retirees.

Though, to be fair, he actually moved there maybe 10 years ago, and only just retired. He lived in New Mexico for a summer in his early 20s, and I think has long wanted to return. But for all that he loved New Mexico, he sure lived in places as different from it as you could imagine. He lived in Bemidji, Minnesota for a decade, and then Illinois before moving to NM.

When we talk about retiring, I tend to think of the area where I grew up. The scenery is nice, you can get wooded land, the population is actually growing, there’s access to good healthcare and because it’s farm country, fresh produce is not a problem. You can grow kickass tomatoes there, for example.

Mrs. FBW counters with her hometown, but it’s near Erie, which Kai Ryssdal’s “Marketplace” has used as its example of The Dying Small Cities Of The Rust Belt And it’s fucking COLD in the winter!!!