On Break
This morning Mark, the owner of the THC (Taos House of Coffee), told me some of the jokes about dating in Taos. What they say about getting a woman is: your odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Here are some Taos statistics:
Males: 2,159 (45.9%), Females: 2,541 (54.1%)
The other joke was: be nice to your friend's girlfriend, she might be yours next week.
Small town, a bit incestuous. I'd heard this from a few different people. One former resident who was back visiting from a teaching job in Japan told me that there is a lot of "hostility" in the social scene here...hmm.
When I first moved to town I met a woman who told me, "Women come to Taos to find their power, men come here to smoke pot." When I told the folks at the coffeeshop that the guys irately pointed out that they smoked pot BEFORE they came to Taos.
Those statistics are actually deceiving though, they don't include the Pueblo. When you do it by county it's pretty even, men to women. Or rather it's 49% men, 51% women, which is even really. In fact, in my experience of living in different towns, the 49:51 male:female ratio will feel like there are way more men than women. Seattle was like that. Lots of lonely guys in that town. Here are Chapel Hill's statistics:
Males: 21,961 (45.1%), Females: 26,754 (54.9%)
Similar in percentages but Taos is a much smaller town, plus being Southwestern, the energy is completely different. We talk about "energy" a lot out here.
They do say you can't get a man in Taos though. That's what they say. The conversation started because a girl was telling us that she had been "down South" and met a boy who had sworn off Taos girls because they are crazy. She said she thinks the reason Taos girls have trouble with their mens is because a lot of men come to Taos to take a break from girls. Maybe that's true, but I think it's more like Mark said, people come to Taos in general to take a break from life. We're all on break here. Which explains a lot.
Here are some Taos statistics:
Males: 2,159 (45.9%), Females: 2,541 (54.1%)
The other joke was: be nice to your friend's girlfriend, she might be yours next week.
Small town, a bit incestuous. I'd heard this from a few different people. One former resident who was back visiting from a teaching job in Japan told me that there is a lot of "hostility" in the social scene here...hmm.
When I first moved to town I met a woman who told me, "Women come to Taos to find their power, men come here to smoke pot." When I told the folks at the coffeeshop that the guys irately pointed out that they smoked pot BEFORE they came to Taos.
Those statistics are actually deceiving though, they don't include the Pueblo. When you do it by county it's pretty even, men to women. Or rather it's 49% men, 51% women, which is even really. In fact, in my experience of living in different towns, the 49:51 male:female ratio will feel like there are way more men than women. Seattle was like that. Lots of lonely guys in that town. Here are Chapel Hill's statistics:
Males: 21,961 (45.1%), Females: 26,754 (54.9%)
Similar in percentages but Taos is a much smaller town, plus being Southwestern, the energy is completely different. We talk about "energy" a lot out here.
They do say you can't get a man in Taos though. That's what they say. The conversation started because a girl was telling us that she had been "down South" and met a boy who had sworn off Taos girls because they are crazy. She said she thinks the reason Taos girls have trouble with their mens is because a lot of men come to Taos to take a break from girls. Maybe that's true, but I think it's more like Mark said, people come to Taos in general to take a break from life. We're all on break here. Which explains a lot.
posted by Krissy at 4:40 PM
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I was just wondering, what's your take on crop circles?
http://www.cropcircleresearch.com/site/about.html
That stuff's hooey, and you've got to have a screw loose to go in for that sort of thing. Our beliefs are fairly commonplace and simple to understand. Humankind is simply materialized color operating on the 49th vibration. You would make that conclusion walking down the street or going to the store.
(from "A Mighty Wind")
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