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Santa Teresa, NM vs Portales, NM

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Santa Teresa is wedged between Mexico and Texas and runs along the Rio Grande River with beautiful views of the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, our neighbor to the  More

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More