What is Gallup, NM like?

It’s a dump. An over-rated famous hotel and restaurant, and a bunch of drunken Indians walking around.

It's great!

Many redskins there!

Stop thinking about moving there!!!

You can visit Gallup for an hour or two and worship the Route 66 "History".

Other than that, run as fast as possible away from there.

Looking to move wrote:

Anyone ever spent a significant time in Gallup, NM? If so, what did you think? It looks like there are tons of trails for running as well as being at 6500 ft altitude. Albuquerque and Flagstaff are also not very far and housing is cheap. Any thoughts?

Flagstaff is 187 miles away. Unless you have a helicopter this is not "not very far".

Great place to live! ?

Clean fresh air.

Great weather (a little toasty in the summer but nice in the winter).

Outstanding trails!

Friendly folks.

Great Southwest cusine.

Interesting Native American history.

The most incredible sunsets anywhere in the world!

Great! Scenic. Great running. Incredible native jewelry and art. Cheap. Poor. Small Palestinian community and remnants of prior Japanese community. Close to Albuquerque...Flagstaff, not so much.

With regard to amenities, there is a branch of the La Montañita Co-op there, so you can buy certified-organic produce and bulk grains, etc. Decent community library, but higher printing costs and more restrictions on meeting room use than in Albu(r)querque. A couple of locally owned restaurants are favorites to locals, visitors, and passers-through. The Oasis for Middle Eastern food is recommended. About two hours to Albuquerque to the east. Incredible scenery in between allows an appreciation of the vastness of western open space.

Mt. Taylor is closer to Grants, and the golf course in Grants has had a pretty good reputation for a small-town course. Trails and sticks within an hour from Gallup.

Looking to move wrote:

Anyone ever spent a significant time in Gallup, NM? If so, what did you think? It looks like there are tons of trails for running as well as being at 6500 ft altitude. Albuquerque and Flagstaff are also not very far and housing is cheap. Any thoughts?

I've stopped there for gas only many times. I've always found that corner of nm to be a bit depressing. I agree it isn't far from flagstaff, so long as you aren't trying to go to flagstaff for dinner or something. You could easily make it there in under 2.5 hours, which makes it a perfectly reasonable weekend destination. You would also be 135 miles from cortez, co and the beginning of the san juan mountains. Maybe just move there or durango, co instead.

the430miler wrote:

It's great!

Many redskins there!

All the Redskins are in Richmond, VA for their training camp.

You’d be better off closer to ABQ.

If you have a racist bone in your body don't move there, the locals will shun you. Otherwise, it's a beautiful place full of culture and art. It is near the Acoma Pueblo too, that has famous white SW pottery.

I’ve been there...unfortunately wrote:

It’s a dump. An over-rated famous hotel and restaurant, and a bunch of drunken Indians walking around.

NM is tough. It might work for you, but it's a tough place.

The scened in season two of Breaking Bad where Walt drops off the drugs at a random hotel off the freeway while his wife is giving birth to Holly. That's pretty much what Gallup looks like.

According to a previous post, printing costs at the local library are a concern.

WTF!!!!!!!

The Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon is a rad race out of Grants. The mountains there are nice. I prefer Flagstaff for sure, but it's expensive to live in Flag, Much cheaper pretty much anywhere else on the I-40 corridor.

Thank you for the responses. Your insight is appreciated. My wife and I (no kids) are leaning toward no but trying to keep an open mind.

Just curious if you are considering a position at one of the hospitals.

No traffic problems because you are literally out in the middle of nowhere.

Discussion reminds me of my favorite movie Billy Jack:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXvqaBw_iA