New Mexico, a Great Place to Settle
The other day I was returning something at Home Depot and had to show my ID.
The cashier took one look at my driver's license and exclaimed, "You're from Hawaii? What are you doing in New Mexico?"
I get that a lot.
The short answer is, I moved here in 1997 and there's just enough inertia to keep me here.
The long answer is below.