Originally Posted by
stahljaeger
I moved to several irrigated acres in the valley south of Albuquerque last year back near to where I grew up. I have been really glad to be out of Albuquerque especially with the lockdowns. Seeing hot air balloons in the morning is about the only thing I miss.
I grew up as the minority as a white kid in Los Lunas NM, other than getting called gringo, honkey , cracker, s**tkicker, and stupid white boy it was really only an issue in middle school, where everybody from the coach on down made it pretty clear that white boys weren’t allowed on “their” wrestling team.
It was an issue in HS, maybe it was really just the coach or the worst boys were part of the 70% of my class that dropped out.
I do love it here, it has absolutely amazing wilderness, and is still mostly empty of people outside of a couple of midsize cites
You must be closer to Isleta Pueblo or further south. I have some ranching family connections south of Mountainair to the southeast from you. Never had those issues growing up here in NE New Mexico. You have the Mexicans, then old Spanish families who still have accents, then you have ones like mine with old Spanish surnames and 12 generations here, but our accent is closer to West Texas but with no twang. We're white folks with Spanish history.
Just to give you an idea, here is a picture of my paternal great-grandmother taken in Las Vegas, NM @ 1875. She was in her mid 20's at the time. A tall gal @ 5' 11'. She kind of demonstrates a certain elegance and dignity being part of one of New Mexico's first families. She married my great-grandfather that same year. Her maiden name was Maria Magdalena Cabeza de Vaca, a descendant of the family of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1559). Maria was fluent in Spanish, English and French, plus she could read Latin. She died in 1932.
Last edited by OH58D; 07-11-20 at 00:59.
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