I think you will find that traffic is even worse than you remember. Suburbs extend further south and east than you remember (east past the junior college) and graffiti, illegals and gangs rule.
Based on current articles, the panhandlers, homeless and transient populations have found their summer residence. The city (with the help of the ACLU, of course) has instituted a complex ordinance that prohibits them some places (like near schools, bus stops and atm's.) but that still leave them plenty of places for them to loiter and harass. Business owners hate it because tourists come into their shops for protection and are angry and tell shopkeepers they will spread the word that Santa Fe is place to stay away from. More cops have been placed on patrol on the plaza, but like cockroaches exposed to the light, there are still lots of less patrolled business areas.
Vagrants Have Santa Fe Businesses Concerned (Misplaced Lib benevolence doesn't work)
(keywords: assault, public urination and harassment)
You can, of course, take the Rail Runner for a round trip cost about the same as a McDonald's meal and ponder that for every paying passenger, the state/local taxpayers pay about $70.
Wow-Thanks much for the heads up and info.
We’re going to stay at the La Quinta Inn on Cerrillos Rd. and during the day we’ll be at the Convention Center on Marcy St.
Your dig on the Road Runner is perfect..
It sounds like another socialist Utopia called the People’s Republic of Boulder, CO.