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New Mexico Magazine runs a piece titled One of Our Fifty is Missing, anecdotal stories of New Mexicans and NM itself being mistaken for Mexican nationals.
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This ought to be interesting. When I moved here from Massachusetts and told my friends and family I was moving here it definitely triggered some arched eyebrows. One of my colleagues on my last day of work said "Good luck in Mexico City!".
Honestly, people who aren't aware of New Mexico's status as a US state probably aren't the sharpest tools in the shed to begin with. Though I pretty sure most people are aware of it. What many don't know is how high in elevation most of the state is. A lot of people thought because I was moving to the desert that Albuquerque has the same climate as Phoenix and mentioned coming to visit in the Winter to warm up. Though its definitely milder and more balmy here than most northern states, winter would not be the time to come here an enjoy the weather.
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New Mexico is the 47th state, Arizona is the 48th. New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6th, 1912. Arizona was admitted the following month, on February 14th. Oklahoma was the previous state admitted before New Mexico, in 1907.
New Mexico is the 47th state, Arizona is the 48th. New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6th, 1912. Arizona was admitted the following month, on February 14th. Oklahoma was the previous state admitted before New Mexico, in 1907.
That's right. I must have left one out (HI). I knew it was before AZ though.
Great thread actually. I was talking to my coworkers yesterday about New Mexico and they laughed about it like it's a pitiful state or something and it got me thinking ......what if we had a state called New Canada. Would we think everyone from there were Canadian in organ cause it bordered Canada and was one of those states that you don't really hear about.
I remember moving from Albuquerque to the D.C. area back in the '70s when I was about 9. Kids in my new school asked me how I had liked living in a foreign country.
I haven't had any of that since we moved back last year. I like to think I run in a group brighter than those kids from 40 years ago . . . or maybe I just don't get out enough to hear the real doozies.
I should add though that if you're trying to order something large (furniture, bedding, etc.) Santa Fe might as well be in a foreign country. I honestly did hear "we only ship to Santa Fe once a month, and if the truck is full, you'll have to wait until the next month." It was coming from Denver.
I have always known that New Mexico is one of our states. What I didn't know is that Albuquerque can get rather chilly, even in the spring. In my one and only visit to New Mexico, I was driving through the city on an April day, and at one point it was sleeting! And I stopped at Santa Fe, and there were actually snow flurries falling, though the air temperature was somewhere in the 50s.
At my hotel that night, there was a copy of New Mexico Magazine on the nightstand, and I thumbed through it and came upon One of Our Fifty Is Missing. I thought it was pretty funny, though I can see where it would be annoying for people who live there to have to deal with the ignorance of their fellow Americans.
Honestly, it is probably the state name alone that accounts for most of these. People are pretty stupid, especially some of our fellow Americans.
Yah, & Colorado is red, Nevada is snowy, Arizona is dry, Florida is flowery (OK, 50%, not bad). & California is kinda dreamy.
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