Sandia Smog

When we first moved to New Mexico over 14 years ago, it was truly a beautiful, unique and uncrowded place. But with all the influx of folks moving in from the West over the past few years, and the rows and rows of ticky tacky houses going up all over the city, the traffic and air pollution is rearing it's nasty head.
On hot summer days now, the Sandias look alot like the front range of Denver...covered in smog and haze.

It's sad how this happens. People move into a place because they love it and it's environment, low cost of living, etc. But then they turn it into the place they just escaped from....full of smog, traffic, high prices, light pollution, and congestion of houses, people and vehicles.

It breaks my heart to look out my window and see my beloved Sandias looking more like a smogged up California mountain range. sigh......