I would say "I live in New Mexico, which is in the southwest US between Texas and Arizona." It helped that I lived in Santa Fe which, (unlike where your bio im

I would say "I live in New Mexico, which is in the southwest US between Texas and Arizona." It helped that I lived in Santa Fe which, (unlike where your bio implies you live), is a pretty-well recognized US place name in Europe. One Swedish taxi driver was a fan of Louis L'Amour, and many others know about it through other westerns. An English hotel clerk, base on its reputation, guessed the population was 200K-300K (it was 65K then, 90K now).