Approximately 9/25/03 07:05, Jeepers uttered for posterity:
Given a choice between Montana, even Great Falls, and El Paso, I'd take Montana. Even Great Falls which is considered fairly dry by northwest Montana standards has way more water than El Paso. It is also far smaller by any measure. Plus in Montana you have way more hunting and fishing available even if you are just a worm drowner. And from Great Falls, you can hit the truly beautiful alpine Montana in a coupla hours unless it happens to be on fire at the time.
El Paso does have a lot of offroad areas, and it does have hunting particularly wild pig and jack rabbit. It is dry, dusty [more sandy than dusty] with truly nasty peasized sandstorms. Still I managed to like it...
Lots of wheeling. Mostly sand, some rock. No mud whatsoever.
Absolutely none. Flat as a frying pan and just about as much vegetation.
You are dealing with a semi-desert climate. Snow is possible but not all that frequent due to generally low precipitation. Annual precipitation out there is something like 4 inches per year.
is it racially balanced or is it overwhelming in any direction
70% white, 25% mexican, 5% miscellaneous
is oil an
Yes.... this week.
are large tracts of
hahahaha! There are monstrous tracts of empty land out there. Why anyone would want it is beyond me, however.
is it a "good" place to
Totally depends on your preferences. Some people would consider it too redneck.
I live on a ranch in South Texas, between Corpus and San Antonio. I also have a place out between Sanderson and Del Rio, near Dryden. I have plenty of four-wheeling opportunities from the Piney woods to the Hill Country, of central Texas ,to the Big Bend area and on down to the Gulf coast. Palo Duro Canyon and Black Gap Wildlife Managment area to Kickapoo Caverns State Park and up near Ft. Hood. I go wheeling in Mexico, Colorado and New Mexico. Texas has it, for me anyways, I wouldn't live anywhere else, I'm seventh generation native. Montana may have the bears and elk, but I hunt whitetail and turkeys on my own land and Muleys out at Dryden. Right now it's dove season, LOVE IT! Last night after my son's soccer practice in town, we came across a nice black feral pig on our back road. But, alas, I was unarmed or we would have had pork soon. Deep sea fishing in the Gulf is unmatched, plus all the FRESH jumbo shrimp one can handle. My 10 year old caught a 15 pound King Mackeral a couple weeks back off the coast of Port Aransas, he was thrilled. The freshwater fishing is also wonderful, you could spend a lifetime boating all the lakes in Texas. We canoe the Guadelupe and flyfish near New Braunfels for Trout. The bigmouth bass are a challenge too, not to mention the monster cats.
I was born in El Paso and have been all over the states, but Texas is home. The rest of Texas is really nothing like El Paso.
If I had to pick between the Pan Handle/Permian basin and El Paso, I'd take El Paso. With I-10 right there and Mexico and New Mexico it'd be a bit more interesting than out in the Flatlands of the Basin.
In El Paso?!?! A MAJOR border town?!?! I was born there, kid. If you are white, you are a big time minority. If you don't speak Spanglish or Tex-Mex you are gonna need to learn it, if you move there. Don't get me wrong, I love the hispanic/Mexican culture (especially the señoritas & food!) but that's what is in El Paso, Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville, Del Rio...
Approximately 9/25/03 12:20, Jeepers uttered for posterity:
I wasn't meaning to disparage El Paso, I loved my time down there. It is just that I also been in Montana a lot, and between the two locations, the downside to Montana is mainly in the winter when you freeze your manhood off... And some folks don't appreciate the beauty of the mountain desert areas as much as I do.
so far everyone ive talked to says houston is the f*ck hole of texas. last night i chatted with a few gi's that are at bliss (el paso) and they said they dont even go out much at night because crime has gotten out of hand. can anybody verify that? thanks,
Approximately 9/25/03 12:26, Jeepers uttered for posterity:
The actual figures according to census are:
1990 2000
Hispanic 70% 73%
White/non-Hispanic 26% 22%
Other 5% 5%
The numbers may be a bit misleading due to local culture, as in El Paso, folks with white/hispanic mixed background will be far more likely to declare themselves as hispanic than as white.
Dual language helps, but most of the hispanics speak better english than the average texas aggie....but not a longhorn of course.
Approximately 9/25/03 12:31, Jeepers uttered for posterity:
Couldn't even get laid in Jaurez, huh?
Like I said, I loved it. But then I've loved a lot of different areas, reserving the armpit designation for a very very few where I moved away rapidly.
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