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This Small New Mexico Town Is the Lowrider Capital of the World

This Small New Mexico Town Is the Lowrider Capital of the World
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This Small New Mexico Town Is the Lowrider Capital of the World

This Small New Mexico Town Is the Lowrider Capital of the World
Mack Hogan
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Española, New Mexico is home to some of the greatest artists and artisans of the lowrider movement.
Wedged between two national forests and split by the Rio Grande sits Española, New Mexico. With a population just over 10,000, and an economic relevance that peaked when the railroad rolled through in 1880, you wouldn’t expect much more than Southwestern small-town tourist fare here. All the more surprising, then, that it’s become the Lowrider Capital of the World.
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It started small, 60 years ago. The lowrider scene had already taken root in Los Angeles, a new car culture born of rebellion. Its brash, flashy, low-and-slow mantra served as an act of defiance by Chicanos who had long been told to keep their heads down, work hard, and assimilate into the white American mainstream. Lowriders were an outward statement that they weren’t c ....

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