I gather that you lived in Albuquerque as well. I moved out over 20 years ago. I liked the city, blut didn’t like the taxes and the Democrats.
We lived in the ABQ metro area, but not in the city. We left in 2006 after living in the state for 12 years.
We miss hot air balloons and roasting green chiles, but not the spring dust storms and some of the social pathologies of the state.