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"Wild as the Texas wind" is how Marty Robbins described the cowboy sitting with his girlfriend in an El Paso cantina. This haunting song and scores of western movies have helped build the image of this place as an exotic, dusty place where water is scarce and life is simple.
The land has a rich history of the Spanish and Native American lifestyles. Residents can still visit missions that combine the best of both cultures, eat authentic Mexican food, or walk across the border into Mexico for a day of shopping and exploring.
One of the best things about this area of West Texas is there are still cowboys, gringos, and Native Americans – the Tigua Indians of the Pueblo tribes. The influences of these cultures come together in El Paso, a city nestled in classic western geography but with all the modern conveniences that help define a good standard of living.
It's easy to find homes designed around with southwestern style architecture in El Paso. The one story homes with flat roofs are popular in the real estate community, and interiors feature curved arches leading into rooms and cool tile floors. A favorite feature of design in that area is ornamental iron work on the outside of houses.
The median home price is about $150,000, but nicely situated condos for half that price can be found as well as million dollar estates with million dollar views of the Juarez and El Paso Mountains.
Fortunately many residents in this area can afford to own their own homes because the job market has remained fairly steady. Helping boost the economy is defense spending and civilian jobs brought in by Fort Bliss Army Post – jobs that range from physician assistants to engineering to clerks at the retail stores on the post. In addition, because it is on the Mexican border, the Customs and Border Protection Agency, the office Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency have offices located in the city.
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The land has a rich history of the Spanish and Native American lifestyles. Residents can still visit missions that combine the best of both cultures, eat authentic Mexican food, or walk across the border into Mexico for a day of shopping and exploring.
One of the best things about this area of West Texas is there are still cowboys, gringos, and Native Americans – the Tigua Indians of the Pueblo tribes. The influences of these cultures come together in El Paso, a city nestled in classic western geography but with all the modern conveniences that help define a good standard of living.
It's easy to find homes designed around with southwestern style architecture in El Paso. The one story homes with flat roofs are popular in the real estate community, and interiors feature curved arches leading into rooms and cool tile floors. A favorite feature of design in that area is ornamental iron work on the outside of houses.
The median home price is about $150,000, but nicely situated condos for half that price can be found as well as million dollar estates with million dollar views of the Juarez and El Paso Mountains.
Fortunately many residents in this area can afford to own their own homes because the job market has remained fairly steady. Helping boost the economy is defense spending and civilian jobs brought in by Fort Bliss Army Post – jobs that range from physician assistants to engineering to clerks at the retail stores on the post. In addition, because it is on the Mexican border, the Customs and Border Protection Agency, the office Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency have offices located in the city.
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