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New Mexico: A Great Place to Live

By: Carlos Johnston

Changing where you live comes with risks. For example, you will need to understand the customs and laws of your new habitat. However, these risks are outweighed by many Americans that want to live in warmer climates that are better for them healthwise. In the past they packed up their bags and moved to Florida and California.

While the climate is warm in these areas the cost of living has skyrocketed. Many seniors that move for retirement reasons are on a fixed income and can't afford the high living costs. This has caused them to search for a new retirement area. New Mexico has surfaced as a great place for retirees.

Prior to uprooting your life and moving to a new situation, you are going to want to know everything you can about the economic situation of that new environment. Even if you are retired and not looking to enter into the work force, you still do not want to enter into a tax system that is strained and struggling to maintain basic social services. So if you are thinking about relocating to New Mexico, here is some useful information about the economy.

The unemployment rate of New Mexico for 2004 was 5.7%. This is slightly higher than the national average, but it really is nothing to be terribly concerned about especially since the trend has been toward lower unemployment.

Over a quarter of the jobs in New Mexico are those in the government. The reason is that there are a great number of military facilities which are home to several air bases. Education services placed second as far as being the biggest employer in New Mexico. Construction has a great future in New Mexico since New Mexico is constantly growing. This growth can be demonstrated by the 20% population growth in the 1990's.

What environmental attributes does New Mexico have? New Mexico is rich in minerals and has earned a great deal of wealth from this. New Mexico has great salt deposits, potash, manganese, copper ore, and natural gas in great supply. These elements benefit the economny greatly. New Mexico also produces the greatest amount of uranium ore.

New Mexico also plays a role in the modern high tech economy. Los Alamos, New Mexico brings in a great deal of high tech jobs. Besides Los Alamos, most high tech careers are military defense related. In addition, Alburquerque has become the new home of many manufacturing jobs.

New Mexico is not a tourism magnet, but it does hold its own. The largest attraction remains the Carlsbad Caverns National Park but other sites such as the Aztec Ruins National Monument are popular with visitors as well.

If New Mexico is an option for a new place to reside then you can rest easily knowing the economy of New Mexico is just fine. The goverment provides a great number of jobs and the manufacturing sector is strong. The economy is gaining strength. The scenery is spectacular, not to mention a wonderful climate abounds. These factors make New Mexico a new habitat to many.

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About the author: Fiona Michaels is the chief writer at FYI New Mexico, the #1 source on the internet when you're looking for fresh up to date advice and reviews to do with New Mexico. For questions or comments about this article visit: www.fyinewmexico.com/articles Why not sign up for our free New Mexico newsletter at: www.fyinewmexico.com/newsletters
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