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I don't care to move to a place that has a rapidly growing population...Fort Worth is growing like crazy, like Austin, and it's not a good thing, in my opinion, unless you're making a lot of money because of it. On the other hand, I suppose it's a bad idea to move to a town that is dying on the vine, either.
Water Water Water....I am repeating myself, talked about this on another post, sorry--- water in Luna County is mined from the Mimbres Aquifer, a river that went subterranean....Deming has the largest agriculture community in the state, 95% of its water going to agriculture; the new twin tower gas driven, water cooled 65 MW generation station has it's own water source and may suck the aquifer dry according to some hydro testimony. Great examples of passive solar, off the grid living are represented here. If the ranchette people got together a strong representation of sustainable desert living could be achieved. If you bought your Ranchette property from Dennis Mack, he would strongly agree.
The old saying holds true, if you cant beat them join them. I think you will see a population explosion in the deming and sunshine ranchettes in the next few years and we will need a strong village voice.It will become quite easy to out vote the local establishment and implement laws compatible with the ranchettes and over time the area will become a shining star in NM. Water and other problems can be easily over-come and the influx of residential living plus new money should be a boon to farmers. Retirees are not looking for new 4 lane hiways and bustling cities, farms and unrepaired back roads are just fine.They dont raise taxes and they give people something to talk about over that coffee in the morning. Remember that theres going to be a lot of disgruntled people in the area at first because their way of life is going to be abruptly changed in the next few years and in general people dislike change. This is a poor area that is going to see an influx of people from the north with a lot of money to spend and thats not going to set well at first but over time local people will see that change can be a good thing.
People have to really drive around out there to see what ISN'T there: water, electricity, paved roads, trees, amenities. The Ranchettes are 20 miles East of Deming in the middle of nowhere, and were platted by some dreamer as a get-rich-quick scheme. There are something like 110,000 half-acre parcels platted out there, all of them on light dirt roads once bladed into the desert and now fading. East-coasters and midwesterners who dreamed of a bit of Western land bought into the place, and they--or the children who inherited these worthless parcels--are desperately trying to drum up interest in them.
The REAL residents of Deming, on the other hand, are interested in protecting the environment and the water supply. The county is only doing what has been done in Florida and in many other places with unethical developers--changing the rules to right a historic wrong.
I agree. The Ranchettes have been out there for the last 40-50 years and what sort of occupancy is there now? I have land out in Sunshine Valley, which is even further out than Deming Ranchettes, and I think there is a total of 12 houses in the roughly 21 square miles that make up the sub-division. That's going off Yahoo Map's satellite images which shouldn't be that old.
Is Ordinance 37 fair? Probably not, but what is the alternative? The County needs to have a balanced plan to allow for growth, but at the same time not allow things to spin out of control. The County Commission that approved all the Ranchettes back in the 1950's probably had no idea that this could possibly become a major headache. A mile out of Deming was in the boonies, let alone anyone that would want to live 20 miles out.
The current powers-that-be need to really think about which direction is going to be best for Deming and Luna County. Providing water is going to be a major concern as well as what the economic base will be. I think it's going to be a long, hard road to achieving a solution that pleases everyone now and 20 years from now.
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