Of the following latin american cities, which reveals the most global influence in its cityscape3/1/2024 ![]() Albuquerque, the state’s biggest city, has made leaps in recent years toward being as diverse and cosmopolitan as you’d expect from a major US hub. If New Mexican cuisine doesn’t make you feel as though you’ve been transported to another country altogether, the city’s Pueblo Revival architecture and the striking Sandia Mountains will. Okay, maybe that's an overstatement, but try Frontier or Sadie’s and you won’t want to ever leave town again. When that spice hits, it might just send you into a creative euphoria. You know you’ve attained hero status when you can eat it three times a day: on some eggs for breakfast, a bowl of it at high noon, and a heavy dose for your burger at dinner. Next time the powers that be create a show based in the ABQ, they should seriously consider the addictive qualities of green chile as a plot device. ![]() ![]() As we all look toward what's next in the world, now's the perfect time to start plotting your next act. We looked for spots that fall on the full livability spectrum: artist communities a good dose of nature a food, art, beer, and/or music scene and a level of relative affordability that actually allows you to partake therein. This country is full of cities where writers, musicians, illustrators, makers, and tinkerers of all stripes can create and reside comfortably. Luckily, despite what the coastal elites and “Keep X Weird” crowds may have you believe, it's entirely possible to find creative fulfillment in places where the cost of living is a little more reasonable. But those days are long gone, as is the possibility of living in historically culture-rich places like New York, LA, San Francisco, Austin, and Portland where-unless you’re the second coming of Andy fucking Warhol-you’ll likely find the rent prices bafflingly, soul-crushingly high. ![]() Once upon a time, there was something poetic about the struggling artist. ![]()
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