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Born and raised in the southwest U.S. Red Raider undergrad, then a Lobo. Transplanted to the east coast almost 20 years ago. Live and work in the DC area but don't hold it against me - I'm still a country boy at heart! Happily married to an artist and proud grampa to two boys. I'm told 1957 was a good year, but I really don't remember.
Or look at an aerial photo of Rio Rancho, NM right outside of Albuquerque; same thing. A friend who lived there told me a similar story about how the town started as a land sales scam marketed to NY and NJ retirees with lots of roads being graded but never paved. I don’t remember much more of the story but it actually became successful and is one of NM’s larger cities. There is supposedly a movie about the whole thing but I don’t remember the name of that either.