Isn't this your neck of the woods?

From today's New York Times. Of course, we Brits tend to forget just how big the USA is so this might be as far from you as Paris is from me.

Thanks for the article. I'm watching with great.... um.... "disgust?" "fear?" "loathing?" "lasvega...oh, never mind. For the record, we consider ABQ to be quite close. We drive there 1 or 2 times a year. but it's actually 2x as far as london to paris. ;-)