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Billing itself as a "City of Vision", Rio Rancho, New Mexico, is the state\'s third largest city, covering a little more than 103 square miles. It serves as the economic hub of Sandoval County, and resides about 18 miles northwest of downtown Albuquerque.
The community we know today as Rio Rancho can trace its origins back to the Spanish-driven Alameda Grant of 1710. The area remained a peaceful and quiet stretch of sparsely populated desert sand until real estate prospectors and investment corporations recognized its potential as a bedroom community for or inner ring suburb of nearby Albuquerque. One of these visionary companies was Amrep Corporation, which bought about 55,000 acres in 1961 and began construction on a housing development it christened "Rio Rancho Estates".
During the next 20 years, people flowed into Rio Rancho like the mighty Rio Grande River, on whose banks the community resides. Then, in 1981, the Intel Corporation selected Rio Rancho as a new home for one of its plants, and the city gained official incorporation status.
The city\'s tremendous popularity and subsequent population boom has remained steady since 1981, and shows very little sign of slowing down. In fact, the informational website, Sperling\'s Best Places, tells us that 87,521 men, women and children called Rio Rancho home in 2012, which is a 71.61 percent rise since the year 2000.
According to the Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau, Rio Rancho is not only the Land of Enchantment\'s safest city, but it is also its fastest-growing. With its relatively mild high desert climate, close proximity to Albuquerque, the state\'s largest city, and $149,500 median price for a home, it\'s easy to see why.
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