Yes sir. Got a good friend and colleague that is the senior sales mgr for Volvo Marine that lives between LR and Hot Springs that we go down to see. Next time I'll give you a shout out.

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The damage is absolutely astounding.

One of the reasons I decided to live in the west central portion of New Mexico is the incredibly small incidence of tornado's. Especially since I am over 7000' elevation.

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The damage is absolutely astounding.

One of the reasons I decided to live in the west central portion of New Mexico is the incredibly small incidence of tornado's. Especially since I am over 7000' elevation.

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Interesting. I used to live in NM and loved it while there. However, the crime rate has exploded since then and the state government has gone wacky blue. Do those not affect or bother you?

We had a above ground unit (garage) in our first Oklahoma home and now a in ground shelter in the floor of our garage here in our second home. Just knowing you have a safe place to go takes a lot of stress off of you. Since moving up here to Tulsa from Houston I can honestly say the weather folks here are top notch! We follow Travis Meyer on the local CBS station. Amazing how they can accurately predict where and when it's going to hit.

The crime is only a problem when I go into ABQ, which is a mess for sure.
I live in a very rural county, and there is not much crime.

We've got a pretty good 2nd amendment group that does a good job with our (D) legislature.
https://nmssa.org/

We do have a state income tax, but the property tax and sales tax are pretty low.

Overall for me, NM works, but you don't want be in the cities if at all possible. I'm retired, so that helps.

Have a family member on the wife's side that is a LEO in NM for the state. He said folks would be surprised at the number of meth houses that are in rural NM….. and folks never know they are there. Especially around Elephant Butte and Chama.