New Mexico can be fun. Do you like hiking? Do you like drinking? Do you like diarrhea-inducing food? Do you like a good music scene? Do you like drugs? If you answered yes to at least two of these things, New Mexico is good enough for you. Three plus just means you deserve to live in the best state of the Southwest. Weather in New Mexico is interesting. Live in Albuquerque nets you the most bland weather in the state, with little rain, less snow, and even clouds like to avoid it; perpetually good weather. Anywhere else? Expect everything and expect it to cut you off from the rest of the world when it happens.

What is all this mess about "if"? I moved to Maryland with nothing but a backpack, New Mexico with nothing but a truck bed of stuff, and Hawaii with four trunks and four duffel bags. Best way of making crazy things happen is to up and do them. Abandoning an identity is a bit of work when it is so easy to maintain contact with people all over the world. Bill can change his name, but Stephan is still going to have Bill's friends on Facebook, and heavens help Stephan if he still posts on EoFF.