I've been getting into hassling the locals. Topix is a weird forum with quirky rules, if any. But it does provide sliced up searchable local access, with a wide variety of disparate forums. They don't interlink, but you get notified of replies to anything you post on any of their forums, when you log in. And they link to online newspaper articles.
I posted this on the Carlsbad Topix forum just now.
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Nobody knows
where you are, Carlsbad.
They think you are in California
They think New Mexico is another country.
"Do we need a passport?"
They think you are in
Northern New Mexico.
But you're not.
You are in Little Texas.
That doesn't go over well, with some.
Sibling rivalry.
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Where the heck IS Carlsbad?
Well, it's down Route 285
It's a town you go through
maybe sixteen square miles
incorporated.
It's about 37 miles
south of Artesia
and ninety-odd
south of Roswell
home of the alien museum.
Carlsbad claims the Cavern
though the Cavern is 20 miles away, and in
a National Park.
It's kind of like
Roswell claiming the aliens.
Carlsbad is in the middle
of a lot of beautiful desert.
Don't let it get into town, though.
That's frowned upon. We grow lawns here.
Like it or not.
Carlsbad has other things, though.
Like churches. Maybe sixty?
And a few bars. Not many. But one has a bowling alley.
That's something.
And then there is the drive-in
What of the drive-in?
What will happen, now that the owner
met such a mysterious
sad
death?
Well, there will still be
mining.
There will always also be mining.
Well, until there isn't enough left to mine.
Meanwhile, Carlsbad
is recession-proof!
Opportunities abound!
Go get yours now.
Carlsbad is.
Carlsbad is.