Alegria by Del Webb in Bernalillo, NM

Alegria by Del Webb is a gated, age-restricted community in Bernalillo, on the northern edge of the Albuquerque metro and in view of the Sandia Mountains. It sits near the Rio Grande bosque on the border with Rio Rancho, less than forty miles from Santa Fe. Centex began building here in 2006; after Pulte acquired the company in 2009, the rest of the single-family homes went up under the Del Webb name. A 9,000-square-foot clubhouse anchors the place, with an indoor saltwater pool, an outdoor pool, a fitness center, bocce courts and paved trails that link to the bosque preserve.

Inside the clubhouse are a library, an arts and crafts room, a game area and a kitchen, with multipurpose rooms that carry classes and resident clubs. Outdoors there is a whirlpool, horseshoe pits, cornhole, a putting green and patios built around fire pits, plus small parks set through the neighborhood.

The Alegria Homeowners Association governs the common ground and contracts day-to-day management to AAM. Dues fund the clubhouse and pools, shared landscaping, upkeep of the streets inside the gates, and the gate system itself.

Golf sits outside the fence rather than in it, with courses within about twenty miles, and pickleball turns up at the Bernalillo Recreation Center and the Rio Rancho HUB rather than on site.