New Mexico Drops AK, ID, TN & WV

[ISCS Yoda]

I'm still mad at Lew Wallace for how he treated William Bonney.

But his fictional Ben-Hur is a classic and one of the best movies ever!

 

[smoothshooter]

I'm hoping to leave NM for someplace more conservative. The politicians here are mostly left wing whack jobs pushing the socialist agenda. NM is a poor state and many people vote for whoever offers more hand outs. Albuquerque has been in the top 10 for violent crime for as long as I can remember and it's not getting better. The mayor has made Albuquerque a sanctuary city for the homeless. The police have their hands tied and the chief is the mayor's puppy. Nuf said.

Have CA transplants mucked it up even more, or has it been mostly entrenched local talent?

 

[cololab]

Have CA transplants mucked it up even more, or has it been mostly entrenched local talent?

The state ranks very poorly in terms of poverty, education, health, and child well being, among other things. Many of the residents are not proud of these lowly scores, but seem reluctant to make a change in the political group that has dominated New Mexico local, state, and federal offices for decades while not improving the state. To answer your question, in my view the transplants from wherever are contributing to the overall situation but the born and raised there individuals are the group that's keeping the state on it's downward trajectory.