El Paso is the county seat of El Paso County in the U.S. state of Texas. Part of the American Southwest. According to the 2006 U.S. Census population estimates, the city had a population of 609,415[1]. It is the sixth-largest city in Texas and the 21st-largest city in the United States. Its metropolitan area covers all of El Paso County and has a population of 721,598 .

It stands on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across the border from Ciudad Juárez. The two cities form a metropolitan area of 2,280,782 making it the largest bi-national twin metropolitan area on the US/Mexico border.

I'll show you our city

Very descriptive!

Can you show us some photos?

Necesitamos fotos jaja!
-Gracias

I'd like to see some photos of El Paso. But, with it being on the NM border, how could it possibly be considered Southeast?

I'd like to see some photos of El Paso. But, with it being on the NM border, how could it possibly be considered Southeast?

becuase texas is in the SE forum.

Even though El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas, it is still in Texas.

Yeah, El Paso is in Texas, but it's Mexican food is not TexMex. It's, I don't know, Southwest Mexican food, but hardly as tasty as TexMex.

So where are the pics?

Yeah, El Paso is in Texas, but it's Mexican food is not TexMex. It's, I don't know, Southwest Mexican food, but hardly as tasty as TexMex.


ewww...TexMex is nasty! Authentic Mexican food is waaaay better...that's really hard to find here in Houston...I mean, enchiladas with yellow cheese? :ohno: I just don't get texmex

Congratulations to El Paso, Texas for second place ranking Overall and as Most Cost Effective, plus Top Five ranking for Best Human Resources in the 2007/2008 North American Cities of the Future competition by fDi magazine for the Large Cities category (500,000 to 2 million population). This competitive ranking is featured in the April 2007 issue of fDi magazine. Article.
This unique global benchmarking research project compared business investment climates and urban development across North America. This business location benchmarking and "short list" screening process is similar to the approach commonly used by professional consultants.

Note that Ciudad Juarez, Mexico was also recognized separately as a winner, so the greater El Paso / Ciudad Juarez metro region captured six of the top awards in this North American competition.

http://www.gdi-solutions.com/fdi/2007awards/USA/el_paso.htm

NOW I SHOW YOU EL PASO!
AHORA SI LES MUESTRO EL PASO!



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EL PASO DOWNTOWN
EL PASO CENTRO

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THE GREAT MEXICAN TEXAN CITY!!
LA GRAN CIUDAD MEXICANA TEXANA!!

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COME BACK TO JUAREZ
REGRESANDO A JUAREZ


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I'd like to see some photos of El Paso. But, with it being on the NM border, how could it possibly be considered Southeast?
It does seem strange doesn't it? I've always thought that 'El Paso, New Mexico' has a nice ring to it. El Paso should break off from Texas and join our state!:D

The pics were great! I don't know el Paso, TX. Now I've seen the city and I have other idea about it.

Congratulations for the pics, I love to see bounder photos crossing one country to other.

See ya

Nice pics of "El Chuco"

Arriba El Pachuco!! lol
Great pics =)

Gracias, se ve bien, no conozco El Paso

HI

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ENJOY

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REGARDS

:rock:

good pictures as always!!! ;)

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Holy sh*t. The signs are actually in english. Somebody must of screwed up.

Gracias, se ve bien, no conozco El Paso

Thank you for posting in spanish, so we can all understand you. Like being invaded in the south wasn't enough, we had to be invaded in the forums. :ohno: :bash: So, how about those new immigration laws like in Georgia and that border fence that's going up? ;)

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Nice tour!

Thank you for posting in spanish, so we can all understand you. Like being invaded in the south wasn't enough, we had to be invaded in the forums. :ohno: :bash: So, how about those new immigration laws like in Georgia and that border fence that's going up? ;)

translation (i think): thanks, these are nice, i'm not familiar with el paso.

It's simply amazing how different El Paso is compared to the other side of Texas. 800 miles apart and it's the same state.

excellent pics... i enjoyed the trip for El Paso, TX.

El Paso looks very nice. Thanks for the pictures.

Thank you for posting in spanish, so we can all understand you. Like being invaded in the south wasn't enough, we had to be invaded in the forums. :ohno: :bash: So, how about those new immigration laws like in Georgia and that border fence that's going up? ;)

Multicultural is the way the world's going... adapt or die out.

I live in the South, I think the border fence is a shitty idea, and actually like hearing/seeing multiple languages (even when I understand very little of it).

There really is no reason for borders, anywhere. Period. Let people be free, instead of buying into all this nationalistic bullshit.

Sure, there'll be criminals crossing. There are probably American-born criminals in your neighborhood, who cares whether they're from Greenville or Guadalajara.

(yakirz) Multicultural is the way the world's going... adapt or die out.

Are you 14?

cool!

a mi me encanta el Paso es una ciudad Americana muy Mexicanizada, ja ja ja

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Thank you for showing us pics of a mall. We dont have those in the rest of the country.:ohno:

Thank you for posting in spanish, so we can all understand you. Like being invaded in the south wasn't enough, we had to be invaded in the forums. :ohno: :bash: So, how about those new immigration laws like in Georgia and that border fence that's going up? ;)

You think every mexican is invading the south?, the guy is from Guadalajara, if you don't know, that's in Mexico, I hope that fence also stop your friends coming by to Cancun, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Tijuana etc... mmm I dont think so.

Invading forums...? This is the North American forum, and you now something? Mexico is actually both Latin American, and North american, so we aren't invading, this is our forum also, Go and study geography and then make an opinion ;)

Ok, so i felt like giving this thread a +1 because it deserves it. I don't know if there are members from El Paso but, as a citizen of the metropolitan area of Cd Juarez-El Paso, i'll try to keep this up along with my other friends from Cd Juarez. I don't know why the hate towards mexicans...we're not all the same, you know? besides hate leads to more hate...

Anyway, let's give this a shot, maybe it'll work.

regards!

El Paso is the county seat of El Paso County in the U.S. state of Texas. Part of the American Southwest. According to the 2006 U.S. Census population estimates, the city had a population of 609,415[1]. It is the sixth-largest city in Texas and the 21st-largest city in the United States. Its metropolitan area covers all of El Paso County and has a population of 721,598 .

It stands on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across the border from Ciudad Juárez. The two cities form a metropolitan area of 2,280,782 making it the largest bi-national twin metropolitan area on the US/Mexico border.

I'll show you our city

what about san diego and tijuana being the largest?

this creates a 4,458,864 reagion

what about san diego and tijuana being the largest?

this creates a 4,458,864 reagion

the main difference is that, as you saw previously on the pictures, the cities are the same one; only divided by the rio grande river. San Diego and tijuana's population are larger BUT due to their metro area's. Besides that, the number of exports/imports done here ( Cd Juarez-El Paso ) is greater. Kinnda difficult to explain but yeah...in terms of exports and imports this border is larger, or so we've been told.

Looks nice El Paso, very vibrant, tons of people in the streets, and you can see the Tex-Mex culture, a little bit of both everywhere.

Thanks.

That building really looks old :bash:I hate those shabby 1 story buildings from the 30's and 40's.

When it is looked after it looks good but if is not it looks shabby .





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NICE TOUR YOU GAVE US PELADO.

IM UPSET WITH MYSELF BECAUSE 2 DAYS AGO I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO AND I DONT TAKE ANY PICTURE

el paso looks nice!!

nice pics The Pelados,

I've been living in El Paso for a little over a month now and my is it different!

I made this video a few weeks ago showing the neighborhood I live in.

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wow, looks very very arid. I found my trip to west texas very different. Alot more trucks. The more west you go the more fords you see.

more picks..


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El paso - Cd. Juarez

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It looks like a functional city.

You think every mexican is invading the south?, the guy is from Guadalajara, if you don't know, that's in Mexico, I hope that fence also stop your friends coming by to Cancun, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Tijuana etc... mmm I dont think so.

Invading forums...? This is the North American forum, and you now something? Mexico is actually both Latin American, and North american, so we aren't invading, this is our forum also, Go and study geography and then make an opinion ;)

Don't mind g-man he's just a resident weirdo.

El Paso can be hell if you're not Mexican. It's hard to get a job if you're not a Mexican and don't speak Spanish.

I lived there for 1 year and thanks God I moved. There's nothing to do in the city. Everything close very early, it's hard to find a place that deliver food, bad drivers all around, it's a very poor city.

Everything there is about Mexico. Downtown area could be more attractive because of the beautiful old buildings but there are Mexicans everywehre selling their Made in China products in those nice buildings. If the government tries to do something, they will feel sorry for themselves as usual.

Restaurants in downtown are bad.

A good place to eat breakfast is at Camino Real. They serve a decent breakfast buffet and every Sunday there is a nice brunch there and it's not so expensive.

Many people go there to learn English because everything is cheaper and it's frustrating to find Mexican culture instead. Mexicans in El Paso believe El Paso is Mexico and tourists are supposed to speak Spanish.

I had a bad experience there, I hated that city, I hated the weather and I will never return. If I wanted to experience Mexico, I'd go to Mexico not to El Paso, Texas, USA.

Sorry guys. I have some pictures, I'll share soon.

Everything there is about Mexico...
Many people go there to learn English because everything is cheaper and it's frustrating to find Mexican culture instead. Mexicans in El Paso believe El Paso is Mexico and tourists are supposed to speak Spanish.

Well, it is the Border. Everything has to be about Mexico because many people are trying to cross it. I am pretty sure Mexicans visiting Ciudad Juarez think the city is all about the US and would much rather visit Chicago. BTW El Paso is part of a metro of which the greater part is in Mexico so I guess it's understandable.

El Paso looks nice.


El Paso is Mexico and tourists are supposed to speak Spanish.

I had a bad experience there, I hated that city, I hated the weather and I will never return. If I wanted to experience Mexico, I'd go to Mexico not to El Paso, Texas, USA.



Dude, if you feel that strongly about it you might want to avoid the entire state of Texas.

El Paso looks nice.



Dude, if you feel that strongly about it you might want to avoid the entire state of Texas. I know what he means. I grew up in the DFW area and I moved to El Paso after college and it really is a completely world down there. Dallas and the other large Texas cities have pockets of Mexican neighborhoods and El Paso has pockets of American neighborhoods lol

Well, it is the Border. Everything has to be about Mexico because many people are trying to cross it. I am pretty sure Mexicans visiting Ciudad Juarez think the city is all about the US and would much rather visit Chicago. BTW El Paso is part of a metro of which the greater part is in Mexico so I guess it's understandable.

EXACTLY. El paso depends on juarez ( not entirely, tho' the difference in population affects this situation somehow )

El Paso looks nice.



Dude, if you feel that strongly about it you might want to avoid the entire state of Texas.

I lol'd hard. Sometimes i have a hard time when it comes to understand why a lot of texans are racist but...oh well....i guess i would feel the same if a lot of americans came to flood juarez with....cheeseburgers?

stereotype intended*

I know what he means. I grew up in the DFW area and I moved to El Paso after college and it really is a completely world down there. Dallas and the other large Texas cities have pockets of Mexican neighborhoods and El Paso has pockets of American neighborhoods lol

Even tho' i'm mexican...i wouldn't choose el paso as a city to live because it's waaaay boring, there's nothing new, always the same ol' hell paso. Actually...i would rather live in canada. no offense but canadians are usualy more friendly towards mexicans and other immigrants :lol:

nice skyline pictures, 1692
They have to be the best El Paso "skyline" picture ive seen, so far.

I absolutely love El Paso for many of the same reasons others dislike it. It's unpretentious, working class, gritty in all the right ways and an incredibly comfortable place to hang out! I've never experienced a language barrier there because EVERYBODY'S BILINGUAL! If they don't speak english with you, it's probably not because they don't know how! There's so little violent crime in EP even though there are terrible struggles across the river. It's probably the safest city over 500,000 in the U.S. In the old days, if you wanted great food you'd just hop over to Juarez which always has unbelievable places to eat but with all the congestion at the bridges and all the hassles of Customs, El Paso is catching up and there's a growing slate of great restaurants in the city. And if El Paso seems poor it's because people of wealth in El Paso don't flaunt it like in Dallas or Houston. They live in splendor but El Paso ain't no Neiman Marcus kinda town, it rolls on the DL and delivers surprises when you'd least expect!

Oh, and while I'm at it, El Paso has some of the sweetest architectural heritage west of the Mississippi, some of it restored but much of it waiting to be discovered...and I swear I'm going' down with my camera and show you exactly what I mean!

Is this the active thread for El Paso?

No, this is the active El Paso thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1026407