My SIL lives in Albuquerque. It's beautiful there with the mountains in the background
The only thing that bothered me is how dry the air is. It gave me nosebleeds and itchy skin. Everyone I talked to about that, though, said that in time your body adjusts to the dryness. I live in South Florida, where it's very humid almost year round, so that's probably why it bothered me so much. On my second day there I went to walgreens and bought some saline gel to put inside my nose (with a q-tip) and it was much much better after that
Good luck with the sale of your home and finding a new place
I just love the architecture in NM, the adobe is so pretty!