i moved to albuquerque new mexico from detroit michigan in the spring of 2010. my friend worked for the new mexico partnership, an economic development firm that brings companies and jobs to the state. michigan had an unemployment rate of 18% new mexico was 8%. after spending 5 months looking for design work, talking to ad agencies and people – i had made some excellent contacts, found consulting work – but full time work eluded me. i observed like detroit – the clothing companies here in albuquerque were all selling the same ‘gangsta’ or ‘albuquerque’ clothing with sparkles to tourist.

there’s more >>