Hobbs or Clovis (Albuquerque, Eunice: construction, pharmacists, income)

[llerena]

Dear friends,

I am a foriegn pharmacists who is applying for an internship in New Mexico and the cities that I have been offered to work are Clovis or Hobbs. Please I need from you some help. Which city is better (weather, income, people or things like that). The thing is that I am going alone I am single and I am a little bit afraid to go to a new country and a new city.

Thank you all a lot.

Regards,

Cecilia

[Zoidberg]

Both of these towns will be rough for a foreigner.

Clovis is cooler, Hobbs is hotter. Their weather is similar.

I would lean toward Clovis if I had to choose. I'm not a big fan of the people in either, on average, though there are very nice people in both.

If you are religious (and your religion matches the local ones) you will have a far easier time fitting in.

[AlisonL]

I've never to been to either place, but based on what I have heard, I would pick Clovis.

[mike0421]

Google Street View.

Hobbs Tx: hobbs,nm - Google Maps

Clovis Tx: Clovis, NM - Google Maps

[desert sun]

I would pick Clovis if I were you, I would say its a little more diverse with the base there but people are friendly so you should be fine.

[Poncho_NM]

I would choose Clovis over Hobbs.


Rich

[clairz]

I would choose Clovis. I have some photo albums of the town--just click on the icon up under my name.

~clairz

[Pintada Kid]

I would Pick Clovis over Hobbs anyday not to mention Clovis is Closer to key New Mexico cities and Texas cities. el pintada kid

[6 FOOT 3]

Originally Posted by llerena

Dear friends,

I am a foriegn pharmacists who is applying for an internship in New Mexico and the cities that I have been offered to work are Clovis or Hobbs. Please I need from you some help. Which city is better (weather, income, people or things like that). The thing is that I am going alone I am single and I am a little bit afraid to go to a new country and a new city.

Thank you all a lot.

Regards,

Cecilia

I hear it's very hard to find anywhere to live in Hobbs as there are about 1,000 construction workers living there taking up all the apts etc..building the new nuclear facility in Eunice.

As for the comparisons of cities although they both are around 35,000 people to me Clovis is way more beautiful and newer looking than Hobbs. Clovis reminds me of the plains of Oklahoma and Hobbs of the West Texas panhandle desert. But that's just my thought about the 2 places and i root for both to grow and thrive.

[DOUBLE H]

Llerena-how ya doin"? Sadly Hobbs isn't getting a lot of love on this forum. For sure, Clovis is the nicer town of the two, especially from the standpoint of the bigger cities being closer (Amarillo, Lubbock, Albuquerque).

6/3 is right- the nuclear facility at Eunice, about 15 miles south of Hobbs, is creating a shortage in housing. But keep in mind these jobs are construction, and once the construction is done and a power plant maintenance crew takes the project, then housing is a different situation.

I'm going to tilt towards Clovis because of the housing shortage. But, like 6/3, I like to see SE New Mexico hold its own. I worked on a 161 mile pipeline in the 80's, the last 3 weeks of the job our work yard was based out of Hobbs. I enjoyed my stay there!