Really? Have you even been to New Mexico? New Mexico is a far better place than many southern states. Mississippi and Arkansas off the top of my head are two states that Mexico rivals as a better place to live. New Mexico is God’s country!
Loved the grasslands along the interstates when I traveled thru once in June of 83.
I used to live there, in Santa Fe for about 4 years in fact. I liked it quite a bit, just telling a joke I heard while living there.