Eunice,NM (or) Andrews,TX????

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by LaneyS

I am originally from Eunice. Grew up there. It IS boring!.....

NM has 5% state tax and the fire ants haven't reached it yet. Last I heard they had made their way to Andrews. Maybe because the weather is so dry that they stay in Texas. Andrews IS on the border, but the mesquite trees are bigger and greener than only a few miles away, so I would say Hobbs would be better than Andrews.

Of course by now you've probably made your mind up, I'm a new comer so pardon if you have.

Since that post was written, I have arrived and am settling in at Alamogordo. From what I have been told, fireants ARE here--and Amdro Fireant bait is sold locally for that reason.

I was REALLY disappointed to learn that. I figured it was too cold and too dry for them here, but apparently not!!

At least they don't have brown recluse spiders here....

[wendicowne]

as someone who moved here last april, i can safely say that i miss the trees and green grass...BUT THAT'S IT!!!!! the desert has it's own beauty, but as you get here, you'll see things that you thought only existed in fiction. so neat to see a roadrunner, a tumbleweed as big as my garage, huge tarantulas (sp?). i love the dry climate. hate the windstorms in the spring, though. other than that. i'm growing accustomed to it. i visit kentucky every few months or so and it's been nice just to get a taste of what i miss. we live in andrews now. when myhusband's company first moved us out here, they put us in hobbs temporarily and boy was that an experience. crime is awful there. andrews is a sleepy little town, a little bigger than eunice. depending on your husband's commute, midland or odessa might be too far of a drive to live there. i love it here, and there are tons of houses for sale in our neighborhood. come look in heritage oaks! hope some of what i said was helpful.