Horrible place to live
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10/18/2014
San Juan County has the highest percentage of domestic violence in the country. It also has the highest amount of methane gas in the country, and the majority of individuals living here have developed asthma, cancer, or serious respiratory problems. The coal fired power plants in the area are among the worst in the entire nation and pollute the air. There is radioactive materials buried underground nearby from nuclear testing, and tremendous amounts of uranium in the ground. Most people here are uneducated, and a heavy amount of non-denominational churches that are male-oriented and see women as subservient, and the general resonation of the area is very hateful towards women. The Navajo tribe is moving off of the reservation and compose most of the employees of the stores and are degrading the area. There is a large amount of drug dens, and a meth problem. There is also no cultural or educational events in the area, a total lack of quality restaurants, that usually close down soon after opening. The community college, San Juan College, has very low standards and is almost completely geared towards minority populations, admitting individuals and keeping them there with reading levels of second or third grade. There is really not much to offer here, and the medical care is very limited and of poor quality, but of course the chamber of commerce would tries to promote the area denying all of these things. The general feeling of most of the people is either racist or hateful, of course with some exceptions. It is a border town. The traffic although the area is remote, is bumper to bumper, which contributes to the pollution. The air quality should be a 1 or 2, which originally appeared on this site, but was taken off so that not to reveal the true air quality. I have been here for 15 years and am planning on leaving and would never return, I have rarely met anyone here that has relocated from another place and stayed here, especially if they possessed some intelligence or education. The soils are poisoned from the emission of the power plants and pollution of the area. The anima shelter used to euthanize over 70% of its animals, but by some amazing intervention from God, a new shelter was built which tries to address this problem. I would not advise anyone to come here unless they are in the oil and gas field, which has overtaken the area and contributed also to a tremendous amount of pollution from the oil and gas wells built. If you are a blue collar worker looking for work and uneducated, this could be a good place.
john | Flora Vista, NM