The town of Socorro is an interesting place; On weekends, the population goes down by a quantity approximately equal to the schools enrolment. An interesting set of statistics: the town has one of the highest PhD per capita rates in the world, and the highschool has one of the highest pregnancy rates in the country. The latter might be attributable to the 3:1 male:female ratio at the school.

I've heard several stories about marijunana growing on the golf course there, as far away as Washington State.