Nice video man, moved to El Paso from Florida last July. Much prefer it here, 100% more real. The weathers great to. Hot cold rain snow...you get it all. Florida hot rain hotter rainier... Come back for Monster Jam. Cheers
Always find it amazing that El Paso is ranked as the first or second safest city in America and then you have Juarez a stones throw away which is pretty much the unsafest city in Mexico.
Did you go to the McGoffin House or the Franklin Tramway? El Paso surprised the hell out of me. It feels more New Mexico than Texas, but it's safe, the surrounding desert landscape is stunning, and there's good food. Not sure I'd want to live there, but it's an interesting place to pass through. But it produced Beto O'Rourke, so not all is perfect.
San Jacinto plaza used to be called "Plaza de los largatos" Alligator plaza. It actually had 3 live alligators in a pond, until some teenagers killed them in the 1960s or 70s I think. Then it was switched to statues. The plaza changed name to San Jacinto when it was remodeled in the early 2010s
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Before the remodel, it was really old and run down. Back when I was a kid, it used to be the bus terminal connecting all the buses to the entire city.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip this person is wrong. Yes they closed it in 1965 because of people abusing the alligator’s. However, it’s always been San Jacinto Plaza. Plaza de Los largstos is just another name people would call it because of the alligators. Official name has always been San Jacinto
My nana told me about the stories of the alligators. I was born and raised I. ELP. I moved to so cal As a teen n have been here since almost 30 ys. Mom has passed a young 63 and my dad just passed in October. A military vet. Both parents grew up in the projects as did I as a child on the weekend with my nana. I took my bf with me to dads funeral anyhow I took him on a tour of the city especially el Segundo... He decided to propose to me at the alligator pond. It was sweet but funny .... I never imagined the san jacinto park was my proposal place. I would there to eat McDonald's with nana. On the weekends.
In 1965 my girl friend's, later my wife, Father bought a new 1965 G.T.O and drove from Toccoa, Georgia to El Paso to visit her Uncle and his wife and daughter. Her Uncle James Smith was retired Army and met his wife in Juarez . He worked at Ft. Bliss for years and over the years he would bring his wife and daughter back to Georgia for a visit. He loved El Paso and he and his wife are buried there, his daughter still live there and works at the Social Security Office.
One guy mentioned in the comments that Night Stalker is the Most Famous former resident..Not even close.. Sharon Tate lived here and went to my high school..Irvin High. Stevie Nicks lived here as a child until 7th grade... Sherman Hemsley lived here until his death..he lived on the Eastside close to my house... WWII Vet General Omar Bradley retired here.... And many more famous people Oh Another one Monique St Pierre Playboy's Playmate of the year also went to my high school..I knew one of her stepsisters.
Hey, remember when the USSR waged war, took over Berlin, and then built a wall that separated families over night? Well, that's basically what happened to El Paso. Except in El Paso's case, families were at the mercy of American outsiders who moved into Texas at the request of Mexico but then waged war against Mexico. Ironically, though, El Paso wasn't even part of Texas until 1850, thanks to the Compromise of 1850 (slavery), but it was still impacted by the war waged by the Americans against their Mexican hosts. (Btw, I have a degree that largely focused on History from ultra-conservative Liberty University.)
I’m really enjoying these Videos God Bless you and your Wife for taking us along You do a Excellent job with the videos Soo beautiful I been trying to watch all of them again Thank U
Your pronunciation of Chuhuahita was correct. Also if you’re still in area go do a video on Mesilla, NM especially a meal at La Posta Restaurant. Love your videos!
Great overview! I live in T or C, NM and El Paso is the closest large city. I feel much safer there than in Albuquerque especially in view of all the car thefts in Albuquerque. I go there for shopping every month or so. Great city. People don’t realize that Las Cruces, NM, El Paso and Juarez are one very large metropolitan area. I have stayed at that Marriot also. I was in a higher floor large room. It had a view of Juarez and the stadium. Very nice. I’d recommend it.
Love watching your content, appreciate that I can tour the real USA from my home in Australia 🇦🇺 your combination of informative and interesting touring around is perfect ! Thank You 😊
best city in texas because it's not as humid and uncomfortably hot like the other major texas cities, and it has actual mountains, although the hill country of austin and san antonio is pretty. el paso has that true southwest feel, san antonio a little too, but most of texas cities feel much closer to the southeast than the southwest
I saw your video of you driving from Steamboat Springs to Pueblo,CO. Y'all passed through a town called Canon City,Co. It looked really interesting to me and I would have loved to have seen more of it! Do you think you might do a video on that? I really like all of your videos!
You guys are so funny. El Paso is fuuull of history. John Wesley Hardin is buried there. Las Cruces, Pat Garrett. The Gadsden purchase. When first mapped they had El Paso 8 miles north of its position. Thanks for the great video.
Another excellent video..... Damn your good and it ya come a long way since ya started.... I remember when young going to El Paso with my Dad to where Weaver made rifle scopes.... Remember shooting rifles over by the mountains that we just bought at Weaver.... Can't believe how much money these people are costing Texas with no help from current Administration.. smh.. Safe travels n Be Well.
19:40 is the Old Hilton Hotel..Elizabeth Taylor lived in the Penthouse for a while with her first husband Conrad Hilton..it was abandoned for many years and just recently restored and opened up again.
..and last but not least at the 29:17 mark you can see a Gorgeous lady sitting at the bar...Damn if only I knew she was in town I would have bought her a Jack Daniels 😂🤷♂️🥃
Thank you Mr. Spoda for the video on El Paso, Texas. I haven't been to El Paso in a few years. I have traveled around most of the city, love the view into Ciudad Jarez, Mexico when driving through town. Secondly, you really have some of the best videos on TH-cam.
This was so interesting and enlightening. There's some beautiful architecture in El Paso, and the church towards the beginning of the video is gorgeous. Beautiful drone footage at the beginning, and your music is always spot on, and suits the location perfectly. As always, I love to see the kitty cats !! Thank you so much, very much appreciated. 😊
Always nice to hear your wife's voice in these videos. I'm from wisc. And it amazes me how flat that part of Texas is. Hey if you see a squirrel named sandy cheeks tell her I said hi
Just want to say hello. Today I watched several of your videos. "El Paso: Ground Zero" , I grow up in El Paso, and that pond downtown with the statue of several alligators. That location in (1960's) use to be the downtown city park to exit or catch a city bus back to your neighborhood. I was with my mother, age 5yrs. Well back then that pond had water with live alligators. It was the typical blue color like a swimming pool and had maybe 4 to 5 alligators in it. FYI...take care, great show.
I work out almost daily so I know what it feels like having a good gym. 97% of hotel gyms - if not higher - across the country lack one good cardio equipment. Rowing Machine!. NY times published an article over a decade ago comparing Rower vs Treadmill vs Static Bike vs Eliptical machine and rower came out on top. It is good for those having weak knees (age related as well).
El Paso has grown so much since we lived at Ft. Bliss in the 70's. We have so many fond memories of it and the surrounding area. Thanks for showing everything!
I used to live on Fred Wilson Rd. across from the old Beaumont Hospital. I went to Ross Jr. High School. On the other side of the base. I had to walk home after track practice...some times I feel like I'm still walking....😂
My Uncle Randy worked on the construction of the West Star Building. He and one coworker did all the window glazing. He lives in Pheonix but they flew him in to El Paso because he is one of the premier Window Glazers in the country.
Chihuahuita Neighborhood in El Paso, Texas PRONOUNCED: Chi-wa-wita NOT Chi-wa-wa-wita (Little Chihuahua) Joe was pronouncing it correctly wifey not so much.
El Paso is going through a major rebuilding stage throughout the city, as you can see. It's long over due. Downtown is going though a major renovation. A man by the name of Billy Abraham used to own 14 buildings downtown. Many of them in the historic registry. For decades he refused to sell even though he didn't have the funds to fix them. Some of them had been closed down for safety reasons. Recently he was forced to file bankruptcy and about 11 of his buildings were sold in auction. Many of those are now being renovated. Downtown El Paso is hopefully heading in the right direction now. Hopefully it'll keep attracting more and more people to make it a great place to congregate
This was a great episode. I especially liked viewing the Old El Paso. I kept looking for "Rosa's Cantina" but didn't see it lol. Not really. I was surprised at the low crime rate in El Paso, very good indeed. With a strong law enforcement presence, it should be a model city for many other cities in the U.S. Thanks for sharing another great video with us. Stan
i was hitch-hiking to california in 1970 and the people i caught a ride with stopped in elpaso to fuel up. i hopped out to go to the men's room and when i came out, the car was gone. i never saw my duffel bag or clothes ever again. i spent the next 3 or 4 weeks with just the clothes i was wearing. ahhh, great times! that's all i remember of elpaso.
wow nice views. if you live near borderline you wont have far to go to either Texas or Mexico. i live in San Antonio and love it. we get some bad weather but not like Dallas or Houston. thanks for sharing
El Paso looks wonderful! I love the rock lawns and desert trees. The houses are nice. The downtown is very nice. Thank you for all of the info on the migrants, El Paso and Juarez. I loved the intro!
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The right name of the dog 🐶 is chihuahueños with ñ which is not in English alphabet, but it was hard to most people in the USA 🇺🇸 say that name, so they start calling chihuahuas. By the way the male pronounce chihuahuita right. Lady was wrong. But she said el gato correct ✅😉
She was the one pronouncing the name of the nighborhood wrong. It is pronouced chi hua hui ta just like he was. Women women... they have to be right... smh
Wow, 1 dead 3 wounded at El Paso Cielo Mall today. Right next to Walmart, where there was a mass shooting on Aug 3rd, 2019, 23 killed and 23 injured. Hope you're both okay.
A few years ago, one night, members of one of the cartel's "hit men" lined about 13 people against a wall and shot them all to death in cold blood and took all the valueables these people had and left their bodies on the ground and a short time later, I think, 24 more people ended the same way. The first area you drove through, people who have lived there for a while, won't even go to. That town has been ground zero for years and years, and the media just figured that out.
You pronounced Chihuahuita better than your wife did. She added another syllable to it that should not be there- she called it Chihuahua-ita, which is wrong. It only has two A's in it - not three. She probably cannot pronounce Tijuana correctly either.
Have you ridden the gondola up to the top of the mountain? I forget the name but the view is awe inspiring. You knocked it out of the park. Come to Phoenix and visit south mountain park. Whole valley is visible.
Don't believe everything You Heard about Juárez we áre kind people if any time You came to Juárez I personally take You both to eat really burritos the Best in Juarez
Wat i would have never thought is that so many of theses town half of the are in America n the other half in Mexico n im still not sure way that is like were they there before they were America like some places have even the same name of the town but there in both country's if u no wat i mean n like heir did they built El Paso first or the town on the Mexican side first, very confusing n super interesting 'for me anyway being an aussie.
One of my favorite things about El Paso was the scent of creosote in the air. They’re these shrubby little plants that smell like ozone or fresh rain. Sometimes you’d think it was about to rain, but it’d just be a draft of wind carrying some creosote scented air in through the windows. Then when monsoon season kicked in the scent of both rain and creosote was incredible!
All your videos are awesome and I love it. Even though I am thousands of miles away from you in Kenya I really enjoy your videos. I have watched each and every one of them and I feel like I know these places already. Thanks for taking me along with you sir.
My Mom said that back in the early 60s her, her sister , father and mother went and visited El Paso and actually passed into Juárez. This was long before the drug boom of the 70s and especially 80s so Juárez was actually relatively safe. Her father was a police captain at the time and served in Korea, so he was very careful with his family. Alot of things changed when the CIA propagated the drug trade...
Ya missed that GIANT cat mural. Grew up going to Ciudad Juarez as a kid. Had family in Pecos and we used to go into Juarez to shop. Last time we went to Mexico was Matamoros down by Brownsville. Had a terrible experience. Witnessed a shooting. Reported it but they didn’t care. I’ve never been back.
Lifelong El Pasoan here, living on the west side. I used to hate living there because I thought nothing happened. It turns out I was just a kid who had trouble realizing just how much beautiful history we have. There’s something incredible about looking over the border wall and seeing a whole other country.
San Jacinto Plaza originally had seven alligators in a pond. Between 1953 and 1974, Several were killed or injured by vandals and the remaining were then sent to the El Paso Zoo. The pond was removed in 1974-1975. A sculpture, by a local artist, honors the original alligators.
Many of the towns you visit have crappy economies. You show it like it is.👍If you think about it everyone of this busy neighborhood is spending at least $10 by going out. That's a healthy economy.
Nice video man, moved to El Paso from Florida last July. Much prefer it here, 100% more real. The weathers great to. Hot cold rain snow...you get it all. Florida hot rain hotter rainier...
Come back for Monster Jam. Cheers
El Paso Skyline is underrated for sure. Low crime is always nice.
Always find it amazing that El Paso is ranked as the first or second safest city in America and then you have Juarez a stones throw away which is pretty much the unsafest city in Mexico.
I always wonder about that statistic as well.
@@paulross9287 I don't believe that stat for one second!
El piso is juarass del norte 😂😂
There is no safe place in Amerika.
@@billstill1794 nobody asked you
EL PASO BORN AND RASIED… VERY PROUD OF MY HOMETOWN.
I wasn't born in El Paso, but it's my home town too and I'm very proud to an El Pasoan.
Did you go to the McGoffin House or the Franklin Tramway?
El Paso surprised the hell out of me. It feels more New Mexico than Texas, but it's safe, the surrounding desert landscape is stunning, and there's good food. Not sure I'd want to live there, but it's an interesting place to pass through. But it produced Beto O'Rourke, so not all is perfect.
I have a plot twist for you. El Paso was originally part of New Mexico, but after the Compromise of 1850, it was added to Texas.
Really? Doesn't feel NM to me, maybe similar or some influences due to it being New Mexico before but it didn't feel more NM than TX to me
San Jacinto plaza used to be called "Plaza de los largatos" Alligator plaza. It actually had 3 live alligators in a pond, until some teenagers killed them in the 1960s or 70s I think. Then it was switched to statues. The plaza changed name to San Jacinto when it was remodeled in the early 2010s
Interesting.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Before the remodel, it was really old and run down. Back when I was a kid, it used to be the bus terminal connecting all the buses to the entire city.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip this person is wrong. Yes they closed it in 1965 because of people abusing the alligator’s. However, it’s always been San Jacinto Plaza. Plaza de Los largstos is just another name people would call it because of the alligators. Official name has always been San Jacinto
That plaza used to have some alligator.
They died and the statue is like a memorial.
Saludos
My nana told me about the stories of the alligators. I was born and raised I. ELP. I moved to so cal As a teen n have been here since almost 30 ys. Mom has passed a young 63 and my dad just passed in October. A military vet. Both parents grew up in the projects as did I as a child on the weekend with my nana. I took my bf with me to dads funeral anyhow I took him on a tour of the city especially el Segundo... He decided to propose to me at the alligator pond. It was sweet but funny .... I never imagined the san jacinto park was my proposal place. I would there to eat McDonald's with nana. On the weekends.
I've nothing but good experiences in El paso
In 1965 my girl friend's, later my wife, Father bought a new 1965 G.T.O and drove from Toccoa, Georgia to El Paso to visit her Uncle and his wife and daughter. Her Uncle James Smith was retired Army and met his wife in Juarez . He worked at Ft. Bliss for years and over the years he would bring his wife and daughter back to Georgia for a visit. He loved El Paso and he and his wife are buried there, his daughter still live there and works at the Social Security Office.
Awesome! I hope you still have that car. 😀
One guy mentioned in the comments that Night Stalker is the Most Famous former resident..Not even close..
Sharon Tate lived here and went to my high school..Irvin High.
Stevie Nicks lived here as a child until 7th grade...
Sherman Hemsley lived here until his death..he lived on the Eastside close to my house...
WWII Vet General Omar Bradley retired here....
And many more famous people Oh Another one Monique St Pierre Playboy's Playmate of the year also went to my high school..I knew one of her stepsisters.
Graduated from Irvin in 1978 was friends with sister Leslie Saint Pierre. Still in El Paso.
Hey, remember when the USSR waged war, took over Berlin, and then built a wall that separated families over night? Well, that's basically what happened to El Paso. Except in El Paso's case, families were at the mercy of American outsiders who moved into Texas at the request of Mexico but then waged war against Mexico. Ironically, though, El Paso wasn't even part of Texas until 1850, thanks to the Compromise of 1850 (slavery), but it was still impacted by the war waged by the Americans against their Mexican hosts.
(Btw, I have a degree that largely focused on History from ultra-conservative Liberty University.)
You are clocking the miles on the Bronco. I see the wifey is keeping your Spanish straight.
I’m really enjoying these Videos God Bless you and your Wife for taking us along You do a Excellent job with the videos Soo beautiful I been trying to watch all of them again Thank U
Some of the highest property tax rates in the country.
Your pronunciation of Chuhuahita was correct. Also if you’re still in area go do a video on Mesilla, NM especially a meal at La Posta Restaurant. Love your videos!
Love La Posta and Old Mesilla!
Live in EP currently, love this city❤️
Great overview! I live in T or C, NM and El Paso is the closest large city. I feel much safer there than in Albuquerque especially in view of all the car thefts in Albuquerque. I go there for shopping every month or so. Great city. People don’t realize that Las Cruces, NM, El Paso and Juarez are one very large metropolitan area.
I have stayed at that Marriot also. I was in a higher floor large room. It had a view of Juarez and the stadium. Very nice. I’d recommend it.
Love watching your content, appreciate that I can tour the real USA from my home in Australia 🇦🇺 your combination of informative and interesting touring around is perfect ! Thank You 😊
Bro!!!! You're cruising around in my home town!!! Text me, We'll do lunch!!! (My treat!!) 🤘✌️☮️✝️🇺🇲🎸🎶🎵😭😂🤣
Filmed last Saturday..I think they're long gone now..don't tell me you were gonna take them to Chico's Tacos 😂..they would have the Runs still today.
best city in texas because it's not as humid and uncomfortably hot like the other major texas cities, and it has actual mountains, although the hill country of austin and san antonio is pretty. el paso has that true southwest feel, san antonio a little too, but most of texas cities feel much closer to the southeast than the southwest
You failed to mention the huge cat mural at 13:36 min. 😉
I like what you are doing and showing us. Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱✌🏻
Does that count? Cool!
The mural is a Mountain Lion by Bordalo Segundo.
It's made out of recycled materials.
Check out this great internationally renowned artist!
I saw your video of you driving from Steamboat Springs to Pueblo,CO. Y'all passed through a town called Canon City,Co. It looked really interesting to me and I would have loved to have seen more of it! Do you think you might do a video on that? I really like all of your videos!
Absolutely!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip One more thing. Why "Lord Spoda"?
There's doctors in Pakistan and India waiting to come into this country and others cut in line
You guys are so funny. El Paso is fuuull of history. John Wesley Hardin is buried there. Las Cruces, Pat Garrett. The Gadsden purchase. When first mapped they had El Paso 8 miles north of its position. Thanks for the great video.
Another excellent video..... Damn your good and it ya come a long way since ya started.... I remember when young going to El Paso with my Dad to where Weaver made rifle scopes.... Remember shooting rifles over by the mountains that we just bought at Weaver.... Can't believe how much money these people are costing Texas with no help from current Administration.. smh.. Safe travels n Be Well.
Awesome, thanks!
Cool looking city nice and clean, I have to say it looks very inviting. I didn’t know that Mexico was a stones throw from El Paso.
👍Thanks. Fascinating. Interesting to how the conservative elements such as EP's military presence all help the low crime-rate.👍
19:40 is the Old Hilton Hotel..Elizabeth Taylor lived in the Penthouse for a while with her first husband Conrad Hilton..it was abandoned for many years and just recently restored and opened up again.
El Paso St., walked by the Earps, Billy the Kid, Pat Garret, Pancho Villa, President Taft. Thanks for the Tour.
My great grandfather rode side by side with Pancho Villa. Legend.
..and last but not least at the 29:17 mark you can see a Gorgeous lady sitting at the bar...Damn if only I knew she was in town I would have bought her a Jack Daniels 😂🤷♂️🥃
Thank you Mr. Spoda for the video on El Paso, Texas. I haven't been to El Paso in a few years. I have traveled around most of the city, love the view into Ciudad Jarez, Mexico when driving through town. Secondly, you really have some of the best videos on TH-cam.
Thank you, Rernard. :)
Thank you Lord Spoda for providing quality entertainment. I never knew that El Paso is that much beautiful.
the first time you said the area name is how i have heard it pronounced for over 20 years in roswell n.m.
Thank the Lord
I would imagine cartel players have their families in El Paso. An understanding exists that no violence will occur there.
You were actually pronouncing it right first, "Chihuahuita" it means little Chihuahua
Yes He was saying it right. The way his wife pronounced it doesn't make sense.
Good hearing Nicky in the video, she can be funny, Found a Gato / cat Hehehee Good Job. Thanks for the hard work making these videos
This was so interesting and enlightening. There's some beautiful architecture in El Paso, and the church towards the beginning of the video is gorgeous. Beautiful drone footage at the beginning, and your music is always spot on, and suits the location perfectly. As always, I love to see the kitty cats !! Thank you so much, very much appreciated. 😊
Always nice to hear your wife's voice in these videos. I'm from wisc. And it amazes me how flat that part of Texas is. Hey if you see a squirrel named sandy cheeks tell her I said hi
By the way i am watching all the way from Zürich Switzerland.
Just want to say hello. Today I watched several of your videos. "El Paso: Ground Zero" , I grow up in El Paso, and that pond downtown with the statue of several alligators. That location in (1960's) use to be the downtown city park to exit or catch a city bus back to your neighborhood. I was with my mother, age 5yrs. Well back then that pond had water with live alligators. It was the typical blue color like a swimming pool and had maybe 4 to 5 alligators in it. FYI...take care, great show.
I've always been curious about El Paso. Thanks
I lived in Las Cruces for many years, and I have a lot of fond memories of El Paso
I lived in El paso right behind fox plaza for awhile did really like it lol
I work out almost daily so I know what it feels like having a good gym. 97% of hotel gyms - if not higher - across the country lack one good cardio equipment. Rowing Machine!. NY times published an article over a decade ago comparing Rower vs Treadmill vs Static Bike vs Eliptical machine and rower came out on top. It is good for those having weak knees (age related as well).
WOW! How El Paso has grown since I was last there. i. e , Interstate systems , etc.
El Paso has grown so much since we lived at Ft. Bliss in the 70's. We have so many fond memories of it and the surrounding area. Thanks for showing everything!
lots of that growth has to do with Mexico
I used to live on Fred Wilson Rd. across from the old Beaumont Hospital. I went to Ross Jr. High School. On the other side of the base. I had to walk home after track practice...some times I feel like I'm still walking....😂
Are you coming back anytime soon to make a visit to Odessa, TX and and visit other oil towns in the area of the Permian Basin?
Yes. Within the next 6 months.
El Paso seems very clean.
My Uncle Randy worked on the construction of the West Star Building. He and one coworker did all the window glazing. He lives in Pheonix but they flew him in to El Paso because he is one of the premier Window Glazers in the country.
Chihuahuita
Neighborhood in El Paso, Texas
PRONOUNCED:
Chi-wa-wita
NOT
Chi-wa-wa-wita
(Little Chihuahua)
Joe was pronouncing it correctly wifey not so much.
El Paso is going through a major rebuilding stage throughout the city, as you can see. It's long over due. Downtown is going though a major renovation. A man by the name of Billy Abraham used to own 14 buildings downtown. Many of them in the historic registry. For decades he refused to sell even though he didn't have the funds to fix them. Some of them had been closed down for safety reasons. Recently he was forced to file bankruptcy and about 11 of his buildings were sold in auction. Many of those are now being renovated. Downtown El Paso is hopefully heading in the right direction now. Hopefully it'll keep attracting more and more people to make it a great place to congregate
I have to say, El Paso’s downtown is beautiful now.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I agree. And... it's congregate not conjugate. Lol
This was a great episode. I especially liked viewing the Old El Paso. I kept looking for "Rosa's Cantina" but didn't see it lol. Not really.
I was surprised at the low crime rate in El Paso, very good indeed. With a strong law enforcement presence, it should be a model city for many other cities in the U.S.
Thanks for sharing another great video with us.
Stan
Thanks, Stan!
So strong that driving 5mph over or not stopping before the white line at a street light are causes for a traffic stop.
Was Rosa Cantina on Almeda St.?
@@MIWIFI365It's on Doniphan.
i was hitch-hiking to california in 1970 and the people i caught a ride with stopped in elpaso to fuel up. i hopped out to
go to the men's room and when i came out, the car was gone. i never saw my duffel bag or clothes ever again. i spent
the next 3 or 4 weeks with just the clothes i was wearing. ahhh, great times! that's all i remember of elpaso.
wow nice views. if you live near borderline you wont have far to go to either Texas or Mexico. i live in San Antonio and love it. we get some bad weather but not like Dallas or Houston. thanks for sharing
El Paso looks wonderful! I love the rock lawns and desert trees. The houses are nice. The downtown is very nice. Thank you for all of the info on the migrants, El Paso and Juarez. I loved the intro!
Thank you!
I believe rock lawns are called zeroscape design.
Lord, you are close now to slabs nihland ca. Just head west on i-10 pick up a tent, a couple 8.88 chairs sleeping bags at Walmart. There is no hampton inn at slab city. C'Mon Man make the trek. New friends await you and your beautiful wife.
The right name of the dog 🐶 is chihuahueños with ñ which is not in English alphabet, but it was hard to most people in the USA 🇺🇸 say that name, so they start calling chihuahuas. By the way the male pronounce chihuahuita right. Lady was wrong. But she said el gato correct ✅😉
Thank you for the trip.
Another fine video to watch about Texas County towns . Take care and be safe. See you on your next video.
She was the one pronouncing the name of the nighborhood wrong. It is pronouced chi hua hui ta just like he was. Women women... they have to be right... smh
Thanks for cats. Love it
Wow, 1 dead 3 wounded at El Paso Cielo Mall today. Right next to Walmart, where there was a mass shooting on Aug 3rd, 2019, 23 killed and 23 injured. Hope you're both okay.
A few years ago, one night, members of one of the cartel's "hit men" lined about 13 people against a wall and shot them all to death in cold blood and took all the valueables these people had and left their bodies on the ground and a short time later, I think, 24 more people ended the same way. The first area you drove through, people who have lived there for a while, won't even go to. That town has been ground zero for years and years, and the media just figured that out.
You pronounced Chihuahuita better than your wife did. She added another syllable to it that should not be there- she called it Chihuahua-ita, which is wrong. It only has two A's in it - not three. She probably cannot pronounce Tijuana correctly either.
Have you ridden the gondola up to the top of the mountain? I forget the name but the view is awe inspiring. You knocked it out of the park. Come to Phoenix and visit south mountain park. Whole valley is visible.
I have. It is cool.
Also, the park in downtown used to have live aligators in it, that's why it looks the way it does.
I remember looking at the live alligators when I was a kid while waiting with my mom after a day of shopping. Brought back old memories.
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS !!!!! 🌵🏠🌵🏠🌵😎😎😎😎
AWESOME BEAUTIFUL VIDEO THANKS SO MUCH 😊
Great video been there a few times back in the 80s while serving in the US Army El Paso looks good ..
Don't believe everything You Heard about Juárez we áre kind people if any time You came to Juárez I personally take You both to eat really burritos the Best in Juarez
Wat i would have never thought is that so many of theses town half of the are in America n the other half in Mexico n im still not sure way that is like were they there before they were America like some places have even the same name of the town but there in both country's if u no wat i mean n like heir did they built El Paso first or the town on the Mexican side first, very confusing n super interesting 'for me anyway being an aussie.
El Paso is gross. The only thing I like about it is the desert. I appreciate you showing the old neighborhoods.
We demand el gatos!
Lol. 👍😀
One of my favorite things about El Paso was the scent of creosote in the air. They’re these shrubby little plants that smell like ozone or fresh rain. Sometimes you’d think it was about to rain, but it’d just be a draft of wind carrying some creosote scented air in through the windows. Then when monsoon season kicked in the scent of both rain and creosote was incredible!
That is my favorite thing about the desert.
Geez it maybe be old but it sure is clean even Chihuahuaita???. Very cool and so much character. 👌
All your videos are awesome and I love it. Even though I am thousands of miles away from you in Kenya I really enjoy your videos.
I have watched each and every one of them and I feel like I know these places already.
Thanks for taking me along with you sir.
Thank you so much!
Some people always have to feel they're correct with pronunciation, "we do know what you mean"!
Actually, you pronounced Chihuahuita correctly, she is saying it wrong. Sorry
You should have Nicole on cam when speaking Spanish haha
Spent two summer months at Fort Bliss. That area was roasting! It was so hot downtown that it was forcing my eyes shut hahaha
My Mom said that back in the early 60s her, her sister , father and mother went and visited El Paso and actually passed into Juárez. This was long before the drug boom of the 70s and especially 80s so Juárez was actually relatively safe. Her father was a police captain at the time and served in Korea, so he was very careful with his family. Alot of things changed when the CIA propagated the drug trade...
You got it right your Wife was wrong it's called Chihuahuita. ,,,,,not Chihuahuaita
You got me looking for cats now ! and Iv'e never been a cat person !! LOL like to see dogs though ! ha ha ha.
Let's see Dryer street towards Sunrise.
Ya missed that GIANT cat mural. Grew up going to Ciudad Juarez as a kid. Had family in Pecos and we used to go into Juarez to shop. Last time we went to Mexico was Matamoros down by Brownsville. Had a terrible experience. Witnessed a shooting. Reported it but they didn’t care. I’ve never been back.
Kerang show and shine 16.04.22. Invite class for lusty, rusty or trusty. Love to see yr chopper
Loving the music you chose for this video
Sir you’re pronouncing it correctly “CHIHUAHUAITA”
Lifelong El Pasoan here, living on the west side. I used to hate living there because I thought nothing happened. It turns out I was just a kid who had trouble realizing just how much beautiful history we have. There’s something incredible about looking over the border wall and seeing a whole other country.
Hello I use to attend Austin High School, until we moved to Colorado.
Great video. A lot of people are day laborers also....not all are Illegal migrants.🙂
You guys r great! Thank you for speaking well of our city!
San Jacinto Plaza originally had seven alligators in a pond. Between 1953 and 1974, Several were killed or injured by vandals and the remaining were then sent to the El Paso Zoo. The pond was removed in 1974-1975. A sculpture, by a local artist, honors the original alligators.
Interesting.
El Paso,Texas is known as the Sun City in the U.S.A. is a good place to live and work, Also is one of the safest cities in America.
Many of the towns you visit have crappy economies. You show it like it is.👍If you think about it everyone of this busy neighborhood is spending at least $10 by going out. That's a healthy economy.
Lived there one year in 1948. Many changes! I was 12.
That was really interesting thank you for the tour. I love all the stats that you share about the towns.
I lived in El Paso most of the 70s. Everything was less expensive. Good memories.
I trained at Ft.Leonard Wood in the Ozarks. Not a great place either....
not bad, i was under the false impression that el paso was crime ridden beyond belief
Very Interesting to watch. From London, UK.