I'm in the eastern part, Portales/Clovis area. My DH and I own a farm and ranch here about 25 miles from town. We are just 35 miles from the Texas line. Lubbock and Amarillo are both 2 hours from us. My SIL lives in Lubbock and I sometimes go down there if I want to do any real shopping (that is, Sam's Club or the mall).

I did graduate from high school in Albuquerque (La Cueva, class of 1993. It's over by the Heights, off Paseo del Norte between Wyoming and Wilshire? Been a while, I can't remember exactly). Big town (though nothing like the Big D). I love my small town life I have now. Slower. Simpler.