AMERICANS IN GENERAL SEEM TO LOVE LISTS, BUT NEW MEXICANS IN PARTICULAR MAY NOT LIKE WHERE WE PLACE ON MANY LISTS. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTED THURSDAY THAT, ACCORDING TO THE FBI NEW MEXICO IS NUMBER 2 IN VIOLENT CRIME, OUR STATES EDUCATION QUALITY RANKS 49TH OUT OF THE 50 STATES. ALBUQUERQUE IS ALSO RATED 179 OUT OF 200 IN THE MILKEN INSTITUTE’S ANNUAL INDEX OF THE BEST PERFORMING URBAN ECONOMIES.
