>still better than Old MexicoChange my mind.
>>541505635I love New Mexico>Fuck burquenos
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>>541505635daily reminder old mexicans are manlets and new mexicans aren't know the difference.
>>541505635New Mexico actually existed before Mexico, in fact it was 250 years between New Mexico being named and Mexico being called Mexico
>>541506161I was not aware of that
>>541505635I like the flag, it's got a water/sun vibe.
>>541505635FUCK THIS OPEN-AIR SPEED TRAP LARPING AS A STATE IN THE UNION
>>541505635New Mexico is awesome, other than the lesbian hippy art communities.
>>541506241They really try to push pueblo chile in Colorado, but hatch chile is still everywhere.
>>541505635I mean the flag is dope no doubt there. I've personally never been.Better than Mexico is a pretty low bar tho
>>541507037Remember when coos were pulling people nover and robbing them?https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/federal-judge-declares-policing-profit
>>541507090The state relies way too much in government funded employment.
>>541507634I'll take my chances swerving through the OK panhandle if I ever need to go to Colorado
There are lots of negatives about New Mexico, mainly that the population consists of Native Americans, beaners, native American/beaner crossbreeds, and stoned hippies. Also it's hot as shit.The main positive is that you can get a breakfast burrito at dinner time.
>>541508709remove the aging lesbians and swinger hippies and you've got a halfway decent state
>>541505635Its a low bar.New mexico is usually tied with Mississippi in every metric that defines a traditional shithole.
>>541505635NMMI /salute
>>541506161If you want to be really technical, the names are inverted.New mexico should be called just mexico and mexico should be new mexico.This goes back to the pre-columbian roots for the names.The group we call the "Aztec" had actually only just recently been unified about 100 years prior to the arrival of Cortez by a nomadic tribe of conquerors called the mexica, which is where mexico gets its name from.They themselves claimed to come from a land they called aztlan to the north, which is why they were called aztecs by the spanish.So, the proper name for this region to the north and west of modern mexico would be aztlan if you want to use their names, or it would be mexico if you want to consider it the land of the mexica.This would then make the modern mexico "new" mexico, as it is the land the mexica migrated to
>>541507090It has some nice stuff, but if you consider any objective metric it is a shithole.
>>541507167The culture in new mexico is really unique.Its also the oldest european inhabited part of the United states.The Spanish colony in New mexico is about 100 years older than New England.The Spanish mission in Santa fe was founded in the 1520s, only about 30 years after Columbus discovered america and almost immediately after the fall of the aztec empire.
>>541508709The weather is milder than Arizona at least, but yeah, it has the largest native population of anywhere in the us.Its the only state I know of where the native tribes are actually a significant political force in state governance.Also a potential battleground state to keep an eye on.The white hippies and government workers are all turbo liberal, but the natives are swinging right and the Hispanics are a swing demographic.Its an odd place politically.
>>541507090>New Mexico is awesomeNo... just no lol
I think old mexico has more white people
