Review of Portales, New Mexico


Low key, good quality of life
Star Rating - 11/18/2007
Portales, New Mexico was rated "9th best small town for quality of life" by bizjournals in 2007. Portales has 4,000 college students and a historic downtown. It is surrounded by picturesque High Plains dairies and farms. The beautiful Eastern new Mexico University hosts two PBS stations and any number of continued education classes, from yoga to accounting. Winters are mild with just a little snow and summers cool down well at night. Despite a bit of shabbiness here or there, neighborhoods are generally tree-lined and clean, with home prices among the lowest in the region for a quality small town.
IDaveZ | Portales, NM
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A lady I know just bought a small 2 bedroom house with a loft and hardwood floors near downtown Portales for $63,000! This is impossible back in California in 2008. She moved here to take a job near family and with the cheap mortgage can afford a lot more travel than before.
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