plain and simple- don't move here!
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9/4/2007
I hate to be the pessimist here, but if I had known what this place would be like when we got the choice of Alamogordo, NM or Germany- I would have chose Germany hands-down! I'm a young adult, female Hispanice, married for 2 years- this place has almost torn me and my husband apart! For our anniversary this year we had to go 'food-tasting' because we were on a budget and there's nothing to do here! You have to drive at least an hour to go do anything fun- here it's mexican food, chinese food, american food, and your occasional outdoor sports. They have a couple bike shops and a long road that goes over a few hills. An hour away there's a lake that's open during the summer that you can go to to rent kayaks, paddleboats, and go to fish. People are blind to the fact that there are drugs being used at the workplaces here, the children barely get an education at school, and either no one cares about their pets anymore or they just keep multiplying! There are stray cats and dogs all over the city, and the only solution that they give here is adopt in the 3 days they hold the pet or it gets put down. Unemployment is above the national average because they keep deciding to build restaurants instead of entertainment vendors of some sort. I've been here 1 year and 8 months and have had 3 jobs- 1 I quit because of the drugs being used in the workplace, 1 I was fired from because the manager said that they couldn't afford to have any more women if they were just going to get pregnant and then have to take a life-long maternity leave, and 1 I quit because of the racial slurs my boss kept using towards me! The reality of Alamogordo is that if it doesn't change dramatically everyone will wander away and just forget this place because it has nothing to offer. They don't call this 'The Land of Entrapment' for no reason.
Anna | Holloman AFB, NM