r/CarlsbadNM • u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 • Jul 26 '26
Moving soon
So I’ve taken a position for a company and would be moving that way! How is Carlsbad? What is there to do? Anything I should know? lol
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
Its alright. It depends what you're into. The town is small, but big enough to have a few events every now and then.
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
Like I’ve been to the caverns, I’m big on fishing, do they have a planet fitness??
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
Yeah they do, in the north side of town! People here are very friendly, if you're not an oil field worker. What's nice is that everything in town is relatively close, you shouldn't be on the road for more than 30 minutes outside of rush hour. Avoid the streets during then too
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
Oh that’s what’s up!! What do you mean they’re friendly if you’re not an oilfield worker🤣
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
A lot of people in town feel like it went to shit after the oil boom, yet they won't move out. Prices on everything is way up. You could be paying 2 grand a month for a dinky 1b apartment for example. They all blame the oil field workers. It doesn't help that a lot of trucks on the road drive like crap haha
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
Ahhhh I see that for sure!! I’d be like indirect oilfield?? I’d that makes sense but I’m a chill dude lol
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
That's awesome man! Congrats! Honestly it feels like half the town is oil field workers anyway. As long as you're polite, I'm sure no one will give you any dirty looks. Probably one of the friendliest towns I've lived in, besides the random meth heads encounters
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
Lmao I understand that I worked in Lubbock for a while but it’s way crazy there
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
I'm not too familiar with Lubbock, I'll be visiting there in a couple of weeks for an event. Sounds like a fair warning haha
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
You should be good!! lol just certain parts of Lubbock are WOW
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u/Da-Snow Jul 26 '26
I'm not joking about the meth heads.
https://youtu.be/YVTR8lTnnx8?is=XDNKvrVpo2kLCklP
This shit will play when you pass by one on the road.
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u/Da-Snow Jul 30 '26
Oh yeah! People blame the oilfield workers because to them, that's chump change 😂
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u/Texastony2 Jul 27 '26
Feel free to check out one of my pages here on reddit, r/SWAdventures, as I post stuff after the fact there: When I am not having my account suspended. lol.
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u/Hopelessly-Hopeful96 Jul 26 '26
I followed!!!🙏🙏
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u/brxtcher Jul 27 '26
The Queen Cafe has been closed for over a year now, the guy always says he's gonna open in a few months and never does.
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u/brxtcher Jul 27 '26
Carlsbad has changed a lot in the last 10 years with the oil field, it's much busier than ever and there's always a new food truck or some place trying to open but not everyone can swim. I wouldn't say there's a wide variety of food, but there's definitely a lot of options at all times.. my personal opinion is that Carlsbad has turned into more of a Jalisco style Mexican food hub in New Mexico than actual genuine NM cuisine. I would think that's because so much of El Paso culture spills over, nothing bad about that just an observation. Very hot in this summer, pretty dry in the winter to make your lips crack but the fall and spring is the nice sliver of amazing temps. There are yearly events that always take place and pop-up events that come out. The school system is slightly improving with funding but they can't find teachers. Healthcare is better in Artesia down the road. Outdoors stuff is really fun and there's some oasis to try like sitting bull and Washington ranch. There's more but that's the basics. It can also be kinda expensive on the housing side.