Clovis Nm or Clovis Tx, is there anything New mexican about that city?? (live, accents)

[nategdh]

Originally Posted by desert sun

what I think he is saying is that there are so many people from the East Coast and other places living in ABQ and Santa Fe that they arnt as New Mexican as Clovis cause most people in Clovis are from NM.

Actually most ppl in Clovis are from Texas!! Why do you think our beloved wildcats are so good??? jkjk but in all honestly almost every one here is from Texas!!

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by pepperslice

So is there anything in Clovis that is New Mexican?? To me everything is Texan there

The thing to me that makes Clovis more like New Mexico than Texas is that Clovis homes sell for more per square foot than a comparable home in Dallas. Also one has only to load their Clovis home on a trailer and move it east about ten miles and see the change in their property tax bill to quickly realize that Clovis is no where near like Texas.

[desert sun]

Originally Posted by nategdh

Actually most ppl in Clovis are from Texas!! Why do you think our beloved wildcats are so good??? jkjk but in all honestly almost every one here is from Texas!!

I know what you are saying but Im just translating what I think that other person meant and I understand what he's saying too.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

The thing to me that makes Clovis more like New Mexico than Texas is that Clovis homes sell for more per square foot than a comparable home in Dallas. Also one has only to load their Clovis home on a trailer and move it east about ten miles and see the change in their property tax bill to quickly realize that Clovis is no where near like Texas.

I've always wondered why this is. It's not specific to Clovis, either, but rather, statewide. Dallas has many more white collar, highly skilled jobs than Clovis could ever hope to produce. It would therefore seem that houses per square foot in the Dallas area would be lower than Clovis, or Hobbs, or Alamogordo, or just about any other locale in NM. Yet, the opposite is true.

[nategdh]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

The thing to me that makes Clovis more like New Mexico than Texas is that Clovis homes sell for more per square foot than a comparable home in Dallas. Also one has only to load their Clovis home on a trailer and move it east about ten miles and see the change in their property tax bill to quickly realize that Clovis is no where near like Texas.

Your right abt the pricing but the way we do things and have our things set out is just like Texas..My family is from Houston,Tx and believe me its the same but without traffic and humidity!!

[pepperslice]

Originally Posted by nategdh

Your right abt the pricing but the way we do things and have our things set out is just like Texas..My family is from Houston,Tx and believe me its the same but without traffic and humidity!!

I have to agree with you!! I grew up In Clovis moved to Houston for abt 17 years than moved back to Clovis and it amazes me how much they have in common to Texas than NM

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by nategdh

Your right abt the pricing but the way we do things and have our things set out is just like Texas..My family is from Houston,Tx and believe me its the same but without traffic and humidity!!

I am originally from about 120 miles north of Houston (some forty odd years ago) and I agree that eastern New Mexico culturally resembles Texas a lot. Weather- and traffic-wise I also agree, and am thankful, that there is not much similarity between eastern Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Regarding real estate in New Mexico and Texas, I've owned homes in Clovis, Albuquerque and on the Texas southern High Plains and am somewhat familiar with the difference in prices in at least these areas. However, I do recall a time when one went from dirt-poor west Texas to dirt-poorer eastern New Mexico to buy land and homes. However, that was a time when Americans still thought you needed a passport to visit New Mexico and the State had not yet been discovered. I would have to say the Pilgrims have since landed with a vengeance and it's not just Texans flooding into the State anymore. I'm in the process of returning to the still-undiscovered Texas High Plains but will always have good memories of a time when mostly Texans were discovering the Land of Enchantment.

BTW, I still prefer Clovis to other areas of the State. It's still a great town in the best part of the State.

[desert sun]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

I am originally from about 120 miles north of Houston (some forty odd years ago) and I agree that eastern New Mexico culturally resembles Texas a lot. Weather- and traffic-wise I also agree, and am thankful, that there is not much similarity between eastern Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Regarding real estate in New Mexico and Texas, I've owned homes in Clovis, Albuquerque and on the Texas southern High Plains and am somewhat familiar with the difference in prices in at least these areas. However, I do recall a time when one went from dirt-poor west Texas to dirt-poorer eastern New Mexico to buy land and homes. However, that was a time when Americans still thought you needed a passport to visit New Mexico and the State had not yet been discovered. I would have to say the Pilgrims have since landed with a vengeance and it's not just Texans flooding into the State anymore. I'm in the process of returning to the still-undiscovered Texas High Plains but will always have good memories of a time when mostly Texans were discovering the Land of Enchantment.

BTW, I still prefer Clovis to other areas of the State. It's still a great town in the best part of the State.

I still prefer mostly anywhere in Eastern NM over the rest of the state.

[nategdh]

Well my fam is from Texas but I was born here..but I consider this place more Texas like by far

[bradly]

I like the Accents in Clovis.. Reminds me of Texas haha