Well I havent posted on here much lately, or much at all you could say, but I do often check up on the site to see what is going on with Brewer Nation back home. I thought I would maybe add my insight for what its worth, to this topic. I live in Las Cruces, NM and I absolutely love it. Its definitely not as large of a city as you are maybe looking at, somewhere slightly over 100k, I would guess. Its hard to tell as they keep building houses by the hundreds around here. I am 24 and with the school here and the art scene over in Mesilla, good times are to be had. The weather is great, not so cold like Albuquerque can be in the winter. If you get sick of the desert and the sunshine and the lack of trees you can be in resort towns up in the mountains like Ruidoso or Cloudcroft in a little over an hour. If you need more people you can be in El Paso in 45 minutes, Albaquerque in 3 hours, or Tuscon in less then five. We go up to Albaquerque from time to time to mix it up and hit up different casinos. Its ok, but there are definitely places you have to avoid and it is kind of dirty. Thats just my take on the subject. But I love the southwest and am extremely glad I moved down here. Plus the economy seems to be doing well down here. There are lots of government jobs to be had, so you have a real diverse city with people from all over the country.