El Paso is in a different time zone compared to the rest of Texas as it serves as the major hub for Southern New Mexico, where New Mexico is in Mountain Time. El Paso is also home to one of the largest military installations in the country, Fort Bliss, where it also contributes as the city’s largest employer. El Paso is much closer to Phoenix and Albuquerque than it is to every major city in Texas, and is closer to San Diego and Denver than it is to Houston. Historically, El Paso has been part of New Mexico when until Texas annexed all the land east of the Rio Grande from Mexico once it joined the United States, and the culture of the city partially reflects on that side of history pretty well along with it’s Mexican culture from across the border and its sister city, Ciudad Juárez. As a native El Pasoan, I also noticed that New Mexicans know more about El Paso than Texans outside of El Paso do. Some Texans don’t know about El Paso’s existence within its borders which I find very interesting and sad.
El Paso is far West Texas. In my opinion west Texas begins around Abilene from the east and San Angelo from the south and includes the Panhandle. Amarillo (in the panhandle) and Lubbock (on the South Plains) are not that much different geographically except that Amarillo gets about 10 degrees colder in the winter. It gets dryer the further you go west. Lubbock gets about 18 inches of rain a year and El Paso only around 8. The distance between these two west Texas cities by car is about 330 miles.
El Paso is in a different time zone compared to the rest of Texas as it serves as the major hub for Southern New Mexico, where New Mexico is in Mountain Time. El Paso is also home to one of the largest military installations in the country, Fort Bliss, where it also contributes as the city’s largest employer. El Paso is much closer to Phoenix and Albuquerque than it is to every major city in Texas, and is closer to San Diego and Denver than it is to Houston. Historically, El Paso has been part of New Mexico when until Texas annexed all the land east of the Rio Grande from Mexico once it joined the United States, and the culture of the city partially reflects on that side of history pretty well along with it’s Mexican culture from across the border and its sister city, Ciudad Juárez. As a native El Pasoan, I also noticed that New Mexicans know more about El Paso than Texans outside of El Paso do. Some Texans don’t know about El Paso’s existence within its borders which I find very interesting and sad.
El Paso is far West Texas. In my opinion west Texas begins around Abilene from the east and San Angelo from the south and includes the Panhandle. Amarillo (in the panhandle) and Lubbock (on the South Plains) are not that much different geographically except that Amarillo gets about 10 degrees colder in the winter. It gets dryer the further you go west. Lubbock gets about 18 inches of rain a year and El Paso only around 8. The distance between these two west Texas cities by car is about 330 miles.
“Seminole” not “Seminolen”.
Seminole, not Seminolen.
The city of Siminolen? You mean the city of Siminole. I used to live there.
This is actually a good video
Water anyone?
I include El Paso we are growing like crazy over here
Of course, what else would we call El Paso? South Texas? I though that video comment was so weird.
It more fitting to New Mexico
"Seminolen?"
Because its dirt.