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Originally Posted by robert_snyder
I would bet on New Mexico. Trailer trash, illegals, pollution. just the pits. Third world state from the Arizona border all the way to El Paso...They should move El Paso over to New Mexico. Really bad.. Just follow the 10 frwy trough hell. Looks like Tijuana all the way....
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I beg to differ. I just purchased a home in Las Cruces. Yes, there are poor folk here, but you don't really see much "trash". Most of the trailer-dwellers have jobs (our state has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now). Seems to be a good work ethic and very little (relatively speaking) crime. There are some "wanna-be" gang-bangers running around, but they're little punks. Nothing like the types you see in Los Angeles or Oakland.
My home is surrounded by $1mil properties (I guess that makes me the "white trash" on the block
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I am overwhelmed by politeness, from the store clerks to the customer service people, and when someone with borderline English skills approaches, they attempt to speak to you in English first (unlike Miami where I'm moving from...if you no speak-a de Espanol, screw you).
Might want to give New Mexico (Las Cruces) another look. Las Cruces is the last SouthWestern city with good weather that isn't f'ed up yet (read: Yuma, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, El Paso).
Speaking of El Paso, have you spent any time there? It's a major sheet-hole due to its proximity to Juarez (yet a bigger sheet-hole). Most anybody who has the where-with-all lives in Las Cruces and commutes to El Paso.