I know two “progressives” who moved there a couple of years ago and think its Paradise.
Santa Fe was a mecca for New Age spiritual types back in the ‘80s and ‘90s and I would guess probably still is. They felt its geographic location was near a vortex of cosmic energy that made it an especially spiritual place. So you wound with a bunch of leftist New Agers (i.e. people who had issues with their conservative Christian parents) out there. I wonder if that created a certain vibe that attracted other lefties and the whole thing kind of snowballed leftward.