Mediocre
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4/3/2006
If you can be satisfied with mediocrity--El Paso is the place for you. Tucked away in a forgotten corner of Texas, El Paso has been in search of its identity for decades. Still manages to be a place thousands drive right through on I-10 as they treck from east to west across the nation.
Education is horrible--if your child comes home from school safely at the end of the day, that is the best you can hope for. Avoid the Northeast, gang & violence-ridden high schools. The inability of fast food joints to correctly fill the simplest drive-through order is evidence of the poor quality of education in this city.
El Pasoans are nice and polite, superficially. Don't think twice when fluently bilingual friends and acquaintances choose to converse only in Spanish with others as you sit by--they are not talking about you. They just don't know better. Similarly, in busy stores, when people block the aisles and seem oblivious that you are trying to pass through--don't bother with an "excuse me." You'll be the only one expending your breath. To fit in--never arrive at any event on time. Fifteen minutes late is still going to be early. Make sure your car insurance is full-coverage. When you are hit, the other guy won't have ANY. Also, anticipate that at any second the car in front of you will suddenly turn (people here don't use turn signals).
The mountains are beautiful. Period.
Abhd | El Paso, TX