Name: Taos, NM
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Living in Taos, NM

Ranks better than 65% of areas Follow

Population

5,950

Median Age

54.4 Years

Taos Area Facts

Taos has a Livability Score of 65_/100, which is considered good
Taos crime rates are 78% higher than the New Mexico average
Cost of living in Taos is 17% higher than the New Mexico average

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What do the locals think about Taos?

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Public transit is accessible

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Walkable to grocery stores

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Lots of parks

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Streets have sidewalks

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A quiet area

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Oh the possibilities 4.5 rating By Anonymous ( Feb 02, 2020) The population of Taos is under 10,000 and statistics say crime 24% per 100,000? That must mean everyone's a criminal. My family has lived in Taos many generations and it is beautiful. Tradition have been preserved 100s/ 1000s of years and the fabulous food. Taos is talked up t ...Read More o be a mecca or utopia, life is just as hard here as other small towns. The transportation sucks, the winters are hard and jobs don't pay much. As far as multicultural is concerned, up until recently it has been known to be tri-culural (3). If your looking for a wonderland I suggest you visit before you abandon everything on a pipe dream that a real estate agent just sold you. Read Less

Taos NM—Many Unhappy Surprises!!! 2 rating By Anonymous ( Dec 16, 2018) My wife and I moved to Taos NM in 2016. There were many appealing aspects to the town:size, diverse cultures, and a third-world kind of quaintness. We bought a beautiful house overlooking the valley, and settled in among the wildlife, views, and neighbors. We've come to enjoy bei ...Read More ng surrounded by spectacular scenery, an idiosyncratic populace, and a wealth of interesting shops and restaurants. What we did not expect to find in this "liberal" bastion was entrenched racism. My wife is a black physician practicing at the local hospital. She has experienced the kind of insidious racism at her place of work that we thought had been expunged in the 1960's. Unless you are a white male, Holy Cross Hospital is as hostile a workplace as one can imagine. As for the town itself, underlying the "liberal" facade lurks an entrenched bias against African-Americans. This has been an unexpected and unwanted discovery. It Tsaos worse than a lot of other places? No. Is it better? Not if you're black. Read Less

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