[Mulder]

We'd like to bolt someday to a lower taxed area with decent weather....any ideas?

If you're looking for low property taxes, it's hard to beat New Mexico, although their state income taxes are very high.

I've considered buying some land in northern New Mexico, but am a little reluctant because of the immigration problems out there.

[stands2reason]

The only immigrant problem NM has is those damn gringoes who keep moving in from out-of-state. They have no problem with the Mexicans, they love 'em. If you go, you'll have to consider the presence of hantavirus and the plague. And people complaining about things that happened 500 years ago. I didn't last there a year. I high-tailed it back to Texas a newly-formed raving conservative. The last straw was some guy in a bar ragging on my husband for being from Texas (they especially hate Texans) by saying, "Yeah, we kicked your asses at the Alamo, man!"

Hope this helps.

[panaxanax]

We just returned from a cross-country trip from NY to CA. Northern NM, AZ, OK, TX, UT and CA are being taken over by mexicans. Arkansas, especially the Rogers and Bentonville areas, has become like Tijuana (sp), complete with street vendors.