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El Paso Texas

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I have officially lived in El Paso for a year but if anybody asks I've only been here for a few months ok. I gotta still use that "I'm new here" excuse. But here's my thoughts on this city from an outsiders point of view looking in. This is in no way to shame any persons or cultures, it is just me pointing out differences compared to other places I've lived.

So first things first, I have lived in many places in my life and every time I move, the locals ALL say the same things "Nothing ever happens here/its boring here/theres nothing to do here/we have the worst drivers". Everybody self depreciates and never has anything nice to say about where they live.

El Paso has what I consider some major positives to me. Because it does have things to do here. Theres an outdoors community. There are hikers and there are outdoor rock climbers. I suppose somebody out there goes hunting but I don't know anything about that. I'm sure theres somewhere to go kayaking too. But we are in the desert and theres a lot of brown, so its different than outdoors on the east coast.

There is shopping. I really care about "living in suburbia" I want, what I consider, my "luxury" stores. Before I move I google the stores a town/city has because if they can afford to have certain stores then they probably have a level of comfort that I enjoy in my every day life. El Paso does have a huge, living mall. Malls are dead and dying elsewhere, you're lucky to see a bath and body works in some places. El Paso, does have one thats alive. Which is an oddity these days. It doesn't have a food court but it does have the new Abercrombie adult line and an athleta and a lululemon and your boxlunch stores. It has some cool anime and gaming stores. It has a lot of those japanese gotchupon machine things. Like its very nice. On the other side of the mall they have a kpop store. They can afford things like those sushi restaurants with the conveyor belts. They have an outdoor outlet mall with a disney store!!!! (!?!??!), a whole foods (!!!1) and ofcourse other things like top golf and one of those touristy skydiving places. The few things this city is missing is theres no IKEA, no REI, no bass pro shop. But I was honestly just happy to have a homegoods and a super target. The one walmart and super target they have down here are REALLY nice. Thats probably setting the bar low but when you're used to driving an hour+ away to get to these things, its amazing to have them.

Also, I've been a spanish student for many years now and I really wanted to obtain some form of immersion. I could literally walk to Juarez. I can look out my window and see Juarez. There is spanish here. I have learned a TON since moving here.

now some of the odd things that I've noticed: again this is not to attack anybody. Just because I'm not a fan doesn't necessarily mean anything is in the wrong, its just different and culture shock. I think this is the weirdest place I've ever lived in and we lived in Japan and Albuquerque, ok.

Again, the spanish language. Not a jab, I wanted to learn and I'm learning but it takes a special type of person to learn a new language, especially as an adult. America is so huge that in many places you are lucky to hear something other than english every blue moon. People here in El Paso have told me "you don't need spanish to live here" but they do NOT understand that the amount of spanish spoken here is so foreign that it feels like you're in a different country. The last time my brain felt this overwhelmed with another language was when we were traveling through Italy. The return plane trip back, when I heard an American accent for the first time, I literally felt like my brain melted in a sigh of relief. Thats how I feel here. You step outside and everything is in spanish. At walmart the signs are in spanish and the overhead announcements are in spanish (in english too, but in Powell Tennessee you are not going to see or hear anything in spanish) it is so blatantly in a different language. I can go an entire day at work and every single one of my patients speak spanish only. Even though I really wanted to learn and I want to say I'm conversationally fluent, it is so far outside my comfort zone, my brain wants to run back to east coast, so it can relax in english.

The other thing is, I have heard that El Pasoans are extremely friendly and they will welcome you into their houses and treat you like family and feed you food. Which is probably true and I have had coworkers feed me but the general population, outdoors, in public settings do not show friendliness the same. Again, I don't mean this negative, I don't mean that the population is a mean population, its just different.

When I first moved to Tennessee, we were looking for a house and we would get creeped out so bad by people. We would be driving through neighborhoods and everybody outside, whether they were walking their dogs or playing with their kids, they will stop to wave at you and smile like robots. If you are standing in line at the grocery store, the person behind you will start up a conversation with you about anything. They'll ask you how your day was and what you plan on doing later. Its a very overly creepy nice and it took a long time to get used to. They do similar in Georgia and Alabama. I could be an axe murderer and everybody smiles and waves at you. Its creepy.

somehow, I kinda miss it. Here in El Paso, you could be walking through a store, nobody is going to look you in the face, nobody is going to apologize for being in the way/moving out of the way/if they need to squeeze by. They wont shoulder check you, but they're not going to make room for you and they are not moving out of the way. Its the same thing when crossing the street in a parking lot. They're not going to look both ways before crossing the street. They're not going to apologize for walking out in front of a car. If I'm the pedestrian, a car is not going to stop for me. I have never heard one "I'm sorry/excuse me" since being here. Again in the southern east coast you tended to get caught in "no you first" arguments. Whether you're at a 4way stop or trying to cross the street. I could be walking my dog and I may try and wave a car on because it would be faster for the car to go first buts its a guarantee "sign language" fight of "no you go first" before I have to awkwardly sprint across the street because they insisted I go first. They don't do that in El Paso. It is very much everybody is in a personal bubble, they don't want to talk to you or acknowledge you and theres no self depreciating "Im sorry for existing, pardon me as I squeeze through here" like there is where I came from.

and the drivers too. So I would actually argue people drive vaguely slow here. I don't see many people driving faster than 65 other than the odd sports car. Everybody drives pretty slow but they are a literal almost 1million person population so there are A LOT of cars on the road in certain areas. The people here do not want ANYBODY in their lane. They do not want you to go any direction but straight. I may put my blinker on a couple exits in advance to let people behind me know I plan on getting over and that is the ONE time they will decide to speed up to prevent me doing so. I don't understand why. People will speed up to keep you from getting over and they may not even need in that lane. They'll keep you from getting over only for them to then need to keep left. Like, why? I hate driving just because of this. I got rearended twice when living in Savannah and I almost prefer their method of just speeding while playing on the cellphone more. I guess because obviously these people are paying attention while driving and their thought it obviously "OMG NO, YOU CANT GET HERE, SPEED UP" its such a jerk thing to do. I don't understand it.

which reminds me of other bizarre car behavior. It hailed here some odd weeks ago. And on the east coast, people will just leroy jenkins it and keep driving. Some people (like motorcycles) will get off the road, but if its a tornado or hurricane you just drive through it blind. For fun. Here, this is the first time I've ever seen this. Everybody squeezed their car to try and fit under the overpasses on the interstate. It was a 3 lane road and it wasn't just like a couple cars off the side of the road under the overpass, it was a good 20 cars smooshing at awkard angles to fit under this overpass and blocking all interstate traffic until the rain stopped. I kinda like zigzagged and squeezed my car through to get past the stopped cars. NEVER seen that EVER. So WEIRD.

but otherwise, the other thing El Paso has going for it is I've actually managed to find a coffee shop I like more than Starbucks. I've been to many a home-town coffee shop that just tastes like dirtwater. I feel like surpassing starbucks taste shouldn't be that hard. But I found one here. Best iced coffee and el-paso-mex cafe food.

but I'm ready to leave here for sure. Do not want to be here for another 6 months.

Ok I went on vacation this past week. I went back to Oxnard and let me tell you! I knew it was going to be a unforgettable vacation. Right when I got to the airport I just felt this feeling of change. It’s always weird going back to your home town/city. Well at least I think so. I mean let’s be real the environment is what shapes you into the person you are! That with friends and family and…

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diciembre 2022

Juarez nocturno

We have the meats The sight of the Arby’s Roast Beef 10 gallon hat is a welcome sight for sore eyes and a hungry belly while on a roadtrip. A couple decades ago there was a quite intriguing and quite false urban myth that the chain’s roast beef was made from gels, liquids, or paste, or as someone once told me as I sat taking huge bites of my fave Arby’s half pounder, “grey alien” flesh. Umm no as the Arby’s beef was later validated to be cooked daily and sliced to order. Arby’s Roast Beef. El Paso TX #roadsidepeek #arbys #roastbeef #elpaso #texas #wanderlust https://www.instagram.com/p/CgmRnHfLU5a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Got to come out to @575carevents Carshow! Been living in Cruces for a month now and I finally got to come out to car events. @pittfromars joined me as well! So at leasr @herosocietycc from EP got to represent a bit. 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇 @capedcruisaders @wolfdragonfarm @herosocietycc #915batman #batman #camaro #chevrolet #chevroletcamaro #elpaso #comicbooknerd #camarobatmobile #herosocietycc #痛車 #いたしゃ #バットマン #915cars #capedcruisaders #capedcrusader #batmancomics #batmancosplay #batmobile #thebatman #dccomics (at Sisbarro Buick-Gmc) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chx56YMLaYf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We had the Acosta’s Engagement Photoshoot in Downtown El Paso and this Good looking Couple made every picture taken a complete Success! Congratulations, see you at your Wedding guys.❤️📸👍🏼 . . . . #portrait #photography #art #photooftheday #portraitphotography #model #love #engagement #instagood #elpasotexas #fashion #photoshoot #eptx #chucotown #wedding #beautiful #highschool #elpasophotographer #follow #elpaso #portraits #beauty #smile #realestate #quinceanera #sweetsixteen #artist #wedding #graduation (at Down Town El Paso Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl47VGrJ7dC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This holiday season, give someone special this original print “Three Happy Gators” available on my website #wallart #print #screenprinting #screenprint #elpaso #elpasotx #texas #915 #printmeikiando #christmasgifts (at El Paso, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CldBLqjM7UL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

El Paso Texas

Starting to think it's just gonna be me and this stinky boy for a long while

One nice fixer-upper just outside #ElPaso #Texas. Don't want to miss this steal in the lower $300K range! Get this before it's gone: #AffordableHousing, & the #AmericanDream! . #farwesttexasrealestate #texasrealestate #home4sale #dreamhome (at El Paso, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChTV96qL8t2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Lost a bet and wore a dodgers jersey lol