It's not the area I left in 86 for certain. Salem made the news up here yesterday (although it was the Becks Mill area, Salem in address only) with a defensive gun use.I graduated in 92 and was supposed to join the Navy via the boost program, but ended up leaving MEPs before signing my life way (didn't trust the recruiter as being honest). Job opportunity was pretty bleak in Alamogordo and my father was seperating from the Air Force, and Salem (hometown) is where he decided to move the family. Crime and drugs were supposed to be close to none (turns out not the case). And honestly after moving around my whole life every couple years, having to make new friends growing up, i just decided to let the grass grown between my feet and just planted myself in Salem.