I visited a wrecker at Grants New mexico in 2003 not sure how far away from Albuquerque but they had some good older cars at reasonable prices.
I noticed your from Ohio I stayed in Medina outside Cleveland & Oxford near Cincinnetti for a few weeks while in the states & found Ohio a more industrial & to me a more liveable state than New Mexico. But then snow is a issue in the winter in most of the U.S states.
I lived in Dayton, the weather is a problem for some. I grew up there so I'm used to it. Fall is a really nice time of the year. I liked it better than New Mexico.