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SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:01 AM May 2012

state by state speak your mind about...new mexico

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when i think of new mexico i picture a john wayne movie set
tall buttes and mesas in the distance and desert scrub all around
i think it may have some of that but not as much as some of its neighbors
its a rocky mountain state with snow peaks and such
every type of animal is represented there from chipmonks to cougars
pretty much annexed from mexico in the 1840s wars
in 1861 the csa claimed it as a territory
because of its border status it has had a latin influence throughout its existence and 46% of its population is descended from spanish colonists
it has the largest native population of any state except alaska
new mexico has archeological sites that go back to the mogollon and the anasazi (1200 bc)
history and nature combined to make new mexico a great place
i cant wait to go

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state by state speak your mind about...new mexico (Original Post) SwampG8r May 2012 OP
Bizarre. Although probably less so marybourg May 2012 #1
Question nmbluesky May 2012 #2
is this about salsa? SwampG8r May 2012 #3
Well no nmbluesky May 2012 #9
Aha! pinboy3niner May 2012 #24
Which is hotter? BarbaRosa May 2012 #5
Christmas of course! alittlelark May 2012 #18
You didn't reply to my 'Christmas" answer. alittlelark May 2012 #22
I think I'm going there (Las Cruces) Suich May 2012 #4
I have a friend who lives there. murielm99 May 2012 #6
Still got a ways to go before we get to LAX, Yuugal May 2012 #7
I love NM. I think it's incredibly beautiful cali May 2012 #8
Wind does blow there. lonestarnot May 2012 #10
Coolest state capitol building Retrograde May 2012 #11
I've lived in several states. AZ right now. I've lived in New Mexico twice. Zorra May 2012 #12
Support your local Los Pollos Hermanos. Initech May 2012 #13
LOL! alittlelark May 2012 #20
Absolutely something magical about NM me b zola May 2012 #14
Tomasita's of Santa Fe has the best pre-entree snack ever: sopaipillas and clover honey! NuttyFluffers May 2012 #15
I'm curious TuxedoKat May 2012 #16
Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta! dana_b May 2012 #17
I have a house in Jemez Springs. alittlelark May 2012 #19
Nighttime in the high desert. For some reason the sky just looks more like the inside of a sphere. Robb May 2012 #21
Robb is not a Dingbat alittlelark May 2012 #23
Part of the state I like XemaSab May 2012 #25

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
1. Bizarre. Although probably less so
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:08 AM
May 2012

than when I lived there 1/4 century ago. We used to ask: Can this be the United States and answer: Can this be Earth?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
24. Aha!
Sat May 12, 2012, 08:41 PM
May 2012

Friends there used to ship me a case of NM Anaheim (green) chiles every year. As soon as they arrived, it was time to roast them and make chiles rellenos (using a 'crispy' recipe, not the puffy, soggy kind served in restauants). Yum!

Adding green chiles to my shopping list now...

murielm99

(30,657 posts)
6. I have a friend who lives there.
Sat May 12, 2012, 02:49 AM
May 2012

When I went to see her, we went to the Gila National Forest. It is beautiful. There are cliff dwellings there, too. That is the part I liked best.

I enjoyed seeing the beautiful old adobe homes in Albuquerque. I liked the desert, and the mountains. But the Gila National Forest was my favorite.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
8. I love NM. I think it's incredibly beautiful
Sat May 12, 2012, 05:38 AM
May 2012

I think of the Jemez Mountains and Santa Fe and quirky Rt 66 towns and Chaco Canyon and and and.

Love it.

Retrograde

(10,073 posts)
11. Coolest state capitol building
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:14 PM
May 2012

Filled with works by native artists. We were there last summer, just before Labor Day. The door was open so we walked in - not a soul in sight. After wandering about for half an hour, we met a guard who said, "Don't forget to visit the other building - there's some good stuff outside the governor's office!". When we left we saw another guard who asked, "Did you see the buffalo? That's my favorite."

Santa Fe has a building that has been in use since the early 1600s. New Mexico has the oldest continuous settlement in the US, going back to the 1200, IIRC. And Chaco Canyon in one of the most impressive sites I've ever seen.

But what surprised me most as a California was how green the northwestern part of the state was.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
12. I've lived in several states. AZ right now. I've lived in New Mexico twice.
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:17 PM
May 2012

Outside of Silver City for 4 months (I was proposed to in a little Italian Restaurant, Consentino's, outside of Silver City many moons ago, and I accepted), and outside of Santa Fe for 6 months. And various places in between for a week or two when traveling/exploring.

I've been all over the state.

It is known as the "Land of Enchantment" for very good reasons, and I love it.

The problem with New Mexico is, there's so much to see and experience, and so little time to do it, because there's so much cool shit there..

You are going to have a wonder filled experience.\

Have fun, SwampG8r!

me b zola

(19,053 posts)
14. Absolutely something magical about NM
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:26 PM
May 2012

I have fond memories of crossing NM on our summer vacations. Did I mention magical? Magical.

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
15. Tomasita's of Santa Fe has the best pre-entree snack ever: sopaipillas and clover honey!
Sat May 12, 2012, 01:28 PM
May 2012

that and the state has purple sunsets, FTW!

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
16. I'm curious
Sat May 12, 2012, 03:27 PM
May 2012

why NM it is a blue state and AZ right next door is such a red state, although I hear that is changing. I always think of them as being similar, state-wiseish that is.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
17. Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!
Sat May 12, 2012, 03:38 PM
May 2012

I remember our flight not being able to take off because there were so many hot air balloons in the sky. Also the desert morning and the sun rising over it is definitely one of the highlights of my short time in New Mexico. So beautiful!

alittlelark

(18,886 posts)
19. I have a house in Jemez Springs.
Sat May 12, 2012, 03:42 PM
May 2012

I grew up in Albuquerque and went to school in Las Cruces.

New Mexico is enchanted.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
21. Nighttime in the high desert. For some reason the sky just looks more like the inside of a sphere.
Sat May 12, 2012, 03:45 PM
May 2012

The curvature is more pronounced, and I have no way to explain why.

The more the outside of a restaurant looks like a dive bar, the better the service, hospitality and food will be. A sing-song "spanglish" in small towns that can be found nowhere else -- if I ever hear it, I can usually peg someone as "grew up in rural New Mexico".

Drive-thru liquor stores, hail the size of golf balls, and low-altitude jet aircraft being terrifyingly awesome.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
25. Part of the state I like
Sat May 12, 2012, 09:40 PM
May 2012

but the town of Grants is one of the more depressed towns I have ever been in.

I have a friend who lives there and she hates it.

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