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Comrade Citizen

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5. This is Mennonite Country

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2025, 11:48 PM

Feb 2025

Gaines County is home to mostly Mexicans and Mennonites from Bolivia, Mexico, and Canada. Low German and Spanish are the main languages. They don't trust the english world including medicine. They are a hardworking peaceful kind group.

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