Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

Perry C. Abernethy (pcabernethy@comcast.net)
Sun, 6 Nov 2005 12:58:36 -0700 

So, where do you live now-Duluth, Minnesota, where the weather is so 
much better than Albuquerque!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rael64" <z42dkm@yahoo.com>
To: "Chile-Heads List" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT


> RE: New Mexico (and pretty much everywhere else.)
>
> Working on papers and have mucho reading, so pardon
> the grumbling...
>
> but ya know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder
> folks.  I lived in ABQ, NM for almost 2 years.  I
> hated (HATED) it.  Most aggressive and violent city
> I've ever lived in.  The weather, for one (me) who
> likes to be out IN the weather daily, (not enveloped
> in the protective, numbing cocoon of a car, mind you)
> bicycling, hiking, etc., well, generally sucked.  Oh,
> there were picturesque days, sure, but most days were
> a challenge in guessing the Weather for the Hour.
> Always changing.  Frequent winds, often gusting up
> into the 50+mph range.  Freak "monsoons" as they call
> them (only lasting a month or so, I was
> told...evidently some people consider a third of the
> year to equal 1 month) during which winds and massive
> lightening storms rule and deluges threaten (although
> admittedly, the rain is more oft a threat); and damned
> if it doesn't get cold there. COLD.
>
> I actually feared that I would not make it out of that
> state alive.  Put it this way: if offered a million
> bucks to move back to ABQ, NM and live there for a
> year, I'd  refuse, no hesitation.  ABQ NM is my
> definition of Hell.
>
> (Couple damn good restaurants, btw., but only a few in
> a city of 800,000.  Sad, really.)
>
> And remember, 9 out of 10 people in NM do not know how
> to operate a motor vehicle (this is not including the
> drunk drivers who, obviously, don't remember the
> rules), understand the concept of a passing lane,
> realize that it is illegal in most cities to make a
> U-turn (in ABQ, you just u-turn anywhere, seriously),
> and...
>
> see how this goes?  I hated NM (although down the
> road, Truth or Consequences and Hatch were pretty cool
> and far, far more laid back), but others love(d) ABQ
> and Santa Fe.  So, is it a question of someone being
> right or wrong?  No.  Rather idiotic to think so.
>
> So, if ya like NM, move there, baby.  Lots of room for
> you.  Doubtful one can live in Santa Fe (half a mill
> for a 1 bdrm adobe was the going price when I left),
> and I really really recommend you do not live in ABQ
> (and if you do, get maximum insurance on your car and
> your life...and if you ride a bicycle, be damned sure
> you carry a cell phone and bandages; they literally
> aim for you on the streets).
>
> And if you don't like NM, well, you do like I did and
> move someplace else.
>
> Trust me, you may not be able to drive down the street
> and get an (outrageously overpriced) ristra or a
> fistful of hatch chiles, but you know what? Order
> online, baby...the trip to NM ain't worth it.  You can
> probably ask them to toss in a few postcards when you
> order the chiles.
>
> But, that's only my opinion.  It's worth no more than
> that ("that" = "shit").  Certainly not worth arguing
> about...
>
> Thus Endeth the Ranting Sermon.  Back to my bread
> baking, my black eyed peas and pork (tenderloin,
> grilled with a chipotle rub), and Berkeley and Locke.
>
> Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
> Don M.
>
>
>
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