I absolutely love Las Cruces. The views, food, and environment there is phenomenal. Hidden Gem too, most folks are too obsessed with Bigger cities

@user-cc2uh7sh5c

5 ай бұрын

Yes exactly Albuquerque or Phoenix or El Paso or Denver is more preferable but Las Cruces is still the future of big cities

The skyline 😂😂 haha the white sand dunes look incredible though!!! And the view of those mountains!

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah it's not pretty!

There is a rest area just west of the city on I-10 as you start to drop down into the Mesilla valley. If you ever get a chance to see the perfect sunset fade behind you and the lights of the city coming up from that vantage point, you will not be disappointed. You can see a perfect view of the glowing Organ Mountains in the background draped by orange, violet, red and blue skies with the lights of the entire city below. It's amazing. When I attended engineering college in Cruces, I used to go out there just to see it then turn around and go back home to continue to study.

People are very healthy here. Messsilla has grown. I see the most beautiful skies. I love the blue skies. Every day. Those Organ mountains, they play sounds. I love it. Echoes. .. and it's relaxing.

I have travelled to many beautiful destinations, but I loved Las Cruces. It stands out to me as top five places I have been. NYC isn't even one of them. I would love to settle down there in the future. Las Cruces stole my heart.

I only live 45 minutes away from Las Cruces I live in El Paso Texas I would like to move to Las Cruces NM.

I love, love, LOVE, Las Cruces! I miss living there when I was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base. I can't wait to retire there!

I have a lot of history in Las Cruces. My mom's family is from Mesilla (Acosta/Martinez) and they used to own a large part of Mesilla and what is now Four Points until one of my great grandfathers gambled most of it away when he started borrowing on land. My Auntie Lori dated one of the Stahmann boys of the Stahmann pecan orchards too. My mom and her siblings all grew up in four points in an adobe house my grandfather built. My Auntie Sonja's husband was contractor who built many of the houses east of Tortugas/the A mountain. Most of my family still lives down there and we still take part in the pilgrimage from Tortugas pueblo to up Tortugas mountain every December.

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Super interesting! Thanks for sharing

It’s a hidden gem. Beautiful city!!! Used to live there. I’ve live in Northern & Southern, CA, the Austin, TX area, Nashville, Charleston & Vegas area & to me there is something so special about the calmness & beauty of the Las Cruces area. Having White Sands there to go watch subsets 😍😍 makes even better.

I am going to Las Cruces this summer. I miss living there, which is why I am going to go visit.

Thanks for the video. Las Cruces was the nearest town when I was assigned to WSMR, Apr '62 to Apr '63. I spent a lot of time there hanging out at the Shamrock drive inn restaurant which was approximately East of Main and North of Lohman as I recall. We used to drag race on the unfinished portion of I-25 from Lohman Ave going north. There was another drive inn near Mesquite that we also frequented. Also frequented Sunland Race park near El Paso but in NM. I always had a vision of retiring in Las Cruces but that didn't work out. Thanks again for the memory refresh.

I grew up in Alamogordo and I always loved going to las Cruces as a kid, because it was pretty much the closest city there Is to Alamogordo and the view on the way there is breathtaking.

I’m enjoying your videos! I’m recovering from surgery & I feel like I’ve been on a worldwide tour last few days. Thank you!

Las Cruces is such a beautiful place, and the fact that it has a spaceport just north of it is wild!

Wow, surprised to see overview on Las Cruces. I live there for two years. It's nice. I loved Mesilla. I hung out at El Patio Bar most weekend nights - always live band. I ate shark burritos in Mesilla once. I loved the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert.

@steveludwig4200

Жыл бұрын

Does the SHARK come from the Rio Grande River? Yummy....

Seeing the Organs from basically anywhere was probably one of my favorite and most comforting things about Cruces. Really cool channel concept, subscribed :)

@CityGeek

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Yeah I love the Organ mountains

I love Las Cruces! I would love to move back to that beautiful city. I left Las Cruces in 1997 and when I went back last year and it changed a lot and more than doubled in size.

Absolutely love the idea of this series, especially in the short form. Super simple and awesome!

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Love your content as well

I expect nothing less of great from you, and you have delivered once again.

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

I adored living in LC in my early 20’s. Made good friends there and really miss the food, kind people, and beautiful landscapes. Very unique place compared to the rest of New Mexico. I need to plan a visit for a bowl of posolé and a hike around Organs.

I just love New Mexico's second largest city. It has palm trees everywhere. Upstate NM don't have any palms because it's too cold. That's what's amazing about New Mexico there is Rocky mountains to the north and palm trees to the South.

I have been here 2 years and I love it.

@hackonefouryou

10 ай бұрын

Just coming up on my first 😁

Former Las Cruces resident here who regrets moving. I do have more opportunities where I live here in Illinois, but I'd much prefer Las Cruces. Any chance I'd get to move back, I'll take it. Thanks for a great video on my old hometown.

@ericarahn7895

6 ай бұрын

I’m from Illinois, but I have an aunt who has lived in LC for nearly 40 years. I lived there for 5 months in 1998 and loved it! I really want to move out of IL and back to LC!

Come from Georgia, Atlanta. This is going to be completely different but I’m ready.🙋🏾‍♀️

@jamesjohnson8795

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

Nice video.. Thanks for sharing...

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awww I grew up in Cruces in the 80s while my dad worked at WSMR ..went to valley view elementary & Zia middle.. good childhood memories 🥰

Really interesting one, never knew much about Las Cruces other than that it existed and was the second largest city in NM lol, nice to get actual information about it!

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s certainly not a flashing city but it does have a few redeeming qualities. I really enjoyed my time living there! Thanks for the comment!

Nice video NIce City 👍😎. NICE CITY...😊

@CityGeek

10 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃

Great video. Thank you!

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I visited LC last year and loved it! Awesome food, friendly people, and a cool farmers market downtown. Mesilla is a gem too. Under the right circumstances I'd love to retire there, especially if I could convince my son to move there also. Something else not mentioned in the vid is besides the beautiful Organs there are some decently high mountains to the northeast and northwest that are an easy drive and can offer some heat relief or a snow fix depending on the time of year. Oh, and LC has palm trees! Who'dve thought they'd find those in New Mexico?

I genuinely enjoyed this tbh

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I love living here. It really is a good place to live. Just like any city, it has its cons. Overall, it is a nice place.

I'll be visiting in July.

Nice little city

Great video and channel

@CityGeek

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Great Work ❤

@CityGeek

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Lots to see there. We went to White Sands when I was a kid and I remember the cool air up at the mountain pass between White Sands & Las Cruces. We turned off the a/c and rolled down the windows. It really set my mind to thinking how this mountain air could be so different than the hot desert air below. I didn’t realize this city was the pecan capital! The space port is a bonus for this city. Spaceport has some beautiful architecture. ****So….If you do some more cities in the 100k-200k range, research Akron, Ohio. They actually have a surprisingly nice skyline! Not sure why…maybe a historical relic from their steel mill days of yesteryear.

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Las Cruces really is located in such a fascinating area! And thanks for recommending Akron! That wasn’t already on my list. Thanks as always for the thoughtful comment!!

Great video. You should take a look at Spokane wa. It’s a cool city with lots of interesting history

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll add that to the list

I lije the videos on cities that not everyone knows about! You should find some more under the radar cities like Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Fargo, Cheyenne etc

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'll add those to the list

Going there for work next month, I love transformers haha I have to visit the white dunes.

@ThePimperorsHumpire

Ай бұрын

Oh ya!?

The only speeding ticket I got (so far) in my 40 + years of driving was driving through Las Cruces. That's all I know of that town.

I hope many tech companies would move to las cruces new mexico

@joez3706

7 ай бұрын

There is no reason for them to do so

Las Cruces does have a skyline: The Organ Mountains! 😮

We are torn between three cities in which to move. Alamogordo, Tucson or Las Cruces.

@michaeldeierhoi4096

Жыл бұрын

For me moving from Albuquerque to Las Cruces I have found it to be just the right size. It has most everything a large city offers, but it's much smaller. And Alamogordo is too small.

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

If you are going off of size, in my opinion Tucson is almost the same size as Albuquerque so might be to big, and Alamogordo is just to small unless your into smaller cities BUT Cruces is a bigger than Alamogordo but smaller than Tucson so it might just be the perfect fit for you. So you should move to cruces, and I’m not just saying this because I live here and I want the city to keep growing more than it already is😁

That scene in Transformers was filmed where Holloman AFB meets White Sands. I know first hand because I was stationed there.

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for pointing that out!

Throwing in a vote for Sioux Falls if you're planning on making more videos on smaller cities

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll add that to the queue

No review on Spokane yet but you have Las Cruces?

@ThePimperorsHumpire

Ай бұрын

Spokane is furr losers

Nice city but I’ve always wondered how real estate is so expensive there considering that there aren’t a lot of high paying jobs there.

@joez3706

7 ай бұрын

Real estate is relatively cheap in Las Cruces

@pulsatingsausageboy2076

7 ай бұрын

@@joez3706 No it isn’t. Maybe if you’re from California or New York but to most of the country it’s very pricey. Especially when combined with the average income in New Mexico.

@joez3706

7 ай бұрын

@pulsatingsausageboy2076 The average home in Las Cruces is in the $200,000 range. Average cost of a house nationally averages well over $300,000 and of course many locations are double and triple that. Many people retire here so they bring $ here they made somewhere else. I recently bought a home here in the Sonoma Ranch neighborhood (very nice area) for $300.

Can you please do Denver next?

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

It won’t be my next video but it’s on the list 😊 I love Denver

I hope you do a New Orleans video

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

I definitely will!

cool video...but you know there's a "City Nerd" on YT?

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah he’s got a great channel, I just wish the names of our channels weren’t so similar

I was looking at some of the other comments and it seems like the people who live in Cruces either hate it or love it. But I do like living here It’s just probably not everyone’s forte

Providence RI video coming soon?

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

It’s on my short list of city’s I’m trying to make videos on this year 👍

Lifelong Resident. Whereabouts did you live??

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

I was over on the east side of town. Mormon drive if I remember correctly

@rd9219

Жыл бұрын

@@CityGeek OK, Telshorish

It does lack entertainment but it does have some and I do believe that they are adding laser tag and bowling soon 👍🏻

That’s were I live born and raised

Donna Anna.

Do they get Tornadoes?

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

They didn’t in my time living there but I’m not sure how normal that is

@richardbehappy5412

Жыл бұрын

@@CityGeek ty

@JulieTobin-Ruszczyk

Жыл бұрын

No. The mountains cut them off. Possible, but not probably

@steveludwig4200

Жыл бұрын

Tornadoes are generally caused by cold fronts interacting with warm. moist air doming from the Gulf of Mexico. That why most are in the southeast (MS, AL, LA, and plains states (TX,OK, ARK). Far west TX and NM are generally too "dry" for tornado formation.

I’m moving there in 3 months white sand and no water that’s pretty interesting

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

It has the Rio grande going through it and there many big lakes only 45 minutes to an hour away that you can make a day trip to. But yes, white sands is really fun. But little tip Don’t forget your sleds 😂.

Do one on Phoenix please! 😊

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

It’s on my list 😊

I love living in the Borderland!

please make international cities

@CityGeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation! I've tried a few in the past and nobody watched them but I'll give another a try here soon 😀

@pejuangyutub6703

Жыл бұрын

​@@CityGeek the not so famous city is more interesting than tokyo

Anybody moving here should know that this city is full of contradictions. Although beautiful, the lack of services can be difficult. Its hard to find honest mechanics and sometimes the hospital has faulty a/c and cannot operate their operating rooms. You may not be comfortable shopping in different strip malls due to panhandlers. The homeless are cropping up everywhere in encampments and in various neighborhoods so you should always be aware of your surroundings due to attacks and crime. The food here is delicious and its not a loud busy city so depending on where you live it can be a peaceful place. It isnt close to any large city (el paso is not a city I go to) so you will have to drive 3 hours to get to Tucson, 4 hrs to Albuquerque. As a border town, the crime is noteworthy and police do their best but cant address the burglaries as well as we would want. Just today in broad daylight a pretty scary guy looking for money approached me as I was finishing washing my car, I jumped in and got out of there. Looked out of it, maybe on drugs, IDK. The mountains are stunning and so gorgeous. Just be cautious, even in the day time. For the best info sign up on FB- las cruces community watch. People post everything all day - accidents, crimes, events, good deeds, etc.

@kretonslovechild7999

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input. As someone who's considered retiring there I've learned it's not without its faults or issues and posts like yours that provide useful information without going on a rant are helpful.

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

I think it is funny how some people who have lived here all their life can’t wait to leave. For example as soon as my parents both retire they are moving to somewhere in Texas. For them it is not that it is a bad town but that they have both lived here all their lives and want to try something new. I will say that Las Cruces does lack in some fun activities for the more younger people. But I do believe that in the future they will be adding laser tag and will be adding bowling back to cruces, so there is that 😁. There is quite a bit of crime here but I feel like there is that every where you go sooo…. All in all it IS a great retirement city and in my opinion a great city all together.

@FreshGrey-pm4vw

6 ай бұрын

@@kretonslovechild7999 you are very welcome. maybe come for a week and drive around the area, see how it suits you.

I came here for NMSU for college. Omg I’m so glad to finally be leaving! Jesus, in the 2.5 years I’ve been here, had my key from stolen at a gym in broad daylight, my girlfriends gym bag stolen, uncles house robbed, fought crackheads being suspicious on our property late at night 3 times, at a ditch by our house, a crackhead overdosed and his friends took his drugs off his body and left him there dead all night, 2 times a drunk plowed through a concrete wall on our property, and CRACKHEADS EVERYWHERE! Screamed at me in my car countless times for no reason, and the icing on the cake (what made me decide to leave) was that a schizophrenic fentanyl addict killed a police officer in broad daylight with a kitchen knife! Permanently disturbed me, I’ll never be able to forget that tragedy. Prices here are ridiculous, and some jobs break federal law and actually pay below minimum wage. And the only way to be comfortable here is if you live in Sonoma ranch, the top 20% wealthiest population here. This place is turning into Albuquerque. I’m so relieved to finally be leaving this doomed city

Donny Ana? 💀

I lost my virginity at White Sands Missle base. Who can say that?

@mardono1

Жыл бұрын

Did he enjoyed too?

If you don’t like heavy traffic,in a town that’s not set up for it, be best to stay the hell outta here!! 😩😩😩

@inhaleexhale

Жыл бұрын

Can you please elaborate? Is the traffic bad in Las Cruces?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Albuquerque for more than ten years before moving to LC and they have heavy traffic but still nothing like truly big cities like Phoenix or LA. To complain about heavy traffic in Las Cruces seems absurd to me. You couldn't have lived in LC to say that.

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

The traffic isn’t that bad in cruces but the only trafficy areas of cruces is where most of the restaurants and stuff are. But that’s how it is in pretty much every other city. But Las Cruces does have a lot of 2 lane roads and highways and sometimes they do have some traffic but nothing to complain much about. We have 2 3 lane highways that get traffic but not that much either. I think cruces is a great place to live especially since it is a bigger city but not to big of a city like La or New York

Las cruces is a god forsaken town that will suck your soul. And I can say that because I was born and raised in that hell hole.

@Theacidone-lk2vd

7 ай бұрын

Yeah fuck that place.

@joez3706

7 ай бұрын

Where do you live now?

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

Nope Great town Probably just not your forte

@joez3706

6 ай бұрын

@@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg I moved to Las Cruces 3 years ago. I like it but it can be a little slow. The people are great here.

@davidphones7290

6 ай бұрын

@@joez3706 not in that hell hole.

Don’t come the summers are way to Hot!! Here run away far away lol…… There is not much for kids to do here .. not much entertainment ..

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

Summers are hot I will say that But it is still a great place to live 👍🏻

@soldiers4god353

6 ай бұрын

@@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg 👍 It’s a love and hate relationship lol..

Las Cruces, like California is a beautiful place but politics have ruined it.

@ThePimperorsHumpire

Ай бұрын

Ya because you forgot to vote ? Duh?!

Please do not move here; we like it as it is: small and peaceful. They said there are lots of jobs in Texas: go to Texas. Thank you.

I live here born and raised this place is boring as hell there not much going on here but it's a peaceful place no disasters, no riots and no dumb ass LGBT protests, just normal hard working people living peaceful lives

That tacky monstrosity of a roadrunner west of town is absolutely hideous.

@joez3706

7 ай бұрын

I like it

@ZacharyJohnson-kw9tg

6 ай бұрын

Dang! I think it looks cool and someone out there worked hard on it.