Meadowlake

A remote part of Los Lunas, New Mexico

This small community is made up of mostly mobile homes and cheap housing.  There's two markets, one gas station, one laundromat and a community center.  The town of Los Lunas is seven miles away so Meadowlake residents go there for any needs that the local businesses can't meet.  

Meadowlake is in a desert area nestled up again the mountains.  It has dramatic sunsets and wide expanses of desert.  The beauty of the desert is offset by the poverty of this community and shabby mobile homes that dot the landscape.  It would be the ideal place to shoot this film, especially with New Mexico's tax incentives and burgeoning movie studios in nearby Albuquerque.  

"Breaking Bad" fans might recognize this terrain, many scenes from the TV were filmed out in Meadowlake.

The road into Meadowlake. Meadowlake Road dead-ends up against the mountains -- one road in and out of the community.

Meadowlake Market where Lynnette is a loyal customer.

The type of mobile home Lynnette lives in.

Meadow Community Center where Lynnette tries her best to drum up excitement in mundane matters.

Meadowlake Community Center

Laundromat and tiny offices.

Los Lunas:

Los Lunas is the nearest town to the Meadowlake community, about seven miles away.  It's a small town, but big enough for shopping, movies, and eating out.  Los Lunas is where Lynnette works in a factory and she and Vishal go out to eat. 

Los Lunas with the Rio Grande running through it and tiny Meadowlake way in the background nestled against the Manzano Mountains.

Typical road heading into Los Lunas with spacious New Mexico skies.