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Municipal Pride, From West to East
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I take umbrage at the description of my adopted city by Sridhar Pappu. The reporter painted a distorted view. David Iglesias was photographed running on paths near his home in High Desert, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Albuquerque. Nestled at the base of the Sandia Mountains, many of the homes there cost well over a million dollars.
Most are Pueblo in style but finished in stucco, not adobe. Adobe construction is very labor-intensive and would have raised building costs even more.
As for the "unbearable" altitude, 6,000 feet is quite delightful unless you are an Eastern reporter, I suspect. The writer must have fantastic hearing to be aware of "grumbling mountain lions and feasting coyotes."
The article may do Albuquerque a favor by dissuading many more Easterners from moving out here to retire. We who love our desert paradise may then keep it for ourselves.
-- Woody Duncan
