I want to know the answer to the following question:
Why is New Mexico always an after thought in American -Spanish speaking society?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Because of its relative isolation from other Spanish-speaking areas over most of its 400-year existence, New Mexico Spanish, and in particular the Spanish of northern New Mexico and Colorado has retained many elements of 16th- and 17th-century Spanish and has developed its own vocabulary.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes