It's often hard to focus on the positive when living in New Mexico. The easiest way to describe the state that time forgot is that we basically rank 49th out of 50 in pretty much every meaningful statistical quality of life category that you can imagine. That being said, God bless Louisiana, the state that usually ranks 50th only because there is nothing lower than 50th that can be assigned. The dysfunction can range from depressing and frightening at worse to quite entertaining at best.