Reviews & Comments
Silver City, NM
living in silver city -
4/20/2007Hi all --- I've been here 9 month. I moved here with no idea as to what it would be like. My first months here were quite difficult but finally with a new job, I'm settling in. The key is getting involved with a group so that you can get to know people.
Wages aren't the best here and I figure that's why the cost of living is so low. If you have other income or retirment is coming in, you will do fine. Going into the work force -- well, the pay scale here isn't great and I figure that's why the cost of living is said to be low. I am able to get by only because I also have some social security coming in. Many people work more than one job. There are some higher paying jobs, but many applicants for them.
I thought I was in high desert but was told no, that this is the foothills to the Gila National Forest. Five miles up the mountain is the Continental Divide. About an hour and 15 min. away to the north are the Gila Cliff Dwellings and hot springs. About 35 min away to the south is the City of Rocks (park) also with hot springs.
The weather is nice. I love snow and there isn't much of that in this area. Most of the time snow usually comes during the night and melts by 10am. Or, it will snow during the day but melt as it touches the ground. I didn't find winter to be exceptionally cold. Once I wore a coat. And summer wasn't really hot either. In July/August they have their monsoon season and by afternoon clouds come with breezes and then the rain, which cools down the temperature. They have fantastic thunder/lightening storms. Oh yes, the leaves did turn during fall this past year. And, id anyone is like me, if you want some snow you can drive up the mountain a bit.
Usually there are a lot of things going on. This weekend is the Earth Day event at the park. Next weekend is the Festival of Spring. There is a university here so there are cultural events also. On the 4th of July they have a large parade, ending up at the park. They also have a wild wild west rodeo and wild west parade. At Christmas time they have a lighted Christmas parade downtown. It's not a sophisticated parade, but sweet.
Gas is supposed to go up to $2.91 this weekend. All stations charge the same thing. BUT the good news is that you can most of the time, get by on one tank of gas per month. Everything is close by -- rarely do you go more than 3-5 miles to get anywhere.
Downtown is "quaint." Lots of art galleries and antique type shops in old buildings, some brig