Thanks all. I took a look at Farmington too, and it seems to have more snow and gas is $0.25 more. One of the things about Portales is that I can get a better house than I have now, on a very big lot, with a bigger garage, a horse barn and a workshop for about half the price of the one I'm in now.

Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python