Leaving El Paso? (Spring, Paradise, Sandia: fit in, houses, transfer)

[DesertDog]

If you're leaving El Paso or want to leave where would you go and why? Also what's the reason for leaving? I've heard a lot of back and forth about this city and would love some good input from people that see a move in their future. Thanks

[missinggreen]

Originally Posted by DesertDog

If you're leaving El Paso or want to leave where would you go and why? Also what's the reason for leaving? I've heard a lot of back and forth about this city and would love some good input from people that see a move in their future. Thanks

Already made the move. Moved back to Tennessee short term probably with another move on the horizon. Will stay on the East Coast or south.

Reason for leaving: Could not fit in, felt like I was in a foreign country. After trying it, did not appreciate the mexican culture. Missed the green lushness and friendliness of the South.

[Muhnay]

Missing that is a very fair assessment. I loved Mississippi, I never had the problems with other races there.. even Hispanics, as they tried very hard to fit in and speak English. Pay was far better there.. I worked at a Casino making 12 bucks an hour and then for State Farm making a bit more, I loved that job... Had my uncle not of needed us, I would still be there in my little slice of Paradise. Lived in Seattle.. talk about a progressive city.. great transportation service there.. did not need a car could ride the bus just about anywhere you needed to go. Talk about culture shock too.. but the green and rain were an added treat for someone who grew up in a desert. But yeah Missinggreen.. I know what you mean about the South and the friendliness how I miss it.. I happen to like Many things Mexican.. like the food, the Architecture, Spanish Guitar, and the language can be very pretty once you get away from the boarder trash talk they have here.

I am leaving because I doubt things will get better here in my life time.. my version of better that is.. The mentality of El Paso is skewed.. as you can see from the few fan boys that post on here. This city can not pay me what I am worth, I am tired of feeling like an outsider in the place I grew up, and being a minority but being treated like a majority. The reverse racism ( or just racism ) here is something I am tired of fighting. I am tired of being accused of being raciest when I am no such thing.. but speak truth and your labeled by clueless jerks who make fun of others and make raciest comments and then point a finger at you and call you everything they are. So Yeah I will be leaving soon.. not soon enough.. but soon.

[smguy101]

i moved to Colorado Springs because UTEP wasnt exactly a great school.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by DesertDog

If you're leaving El Paso or want to leave where would you go and why? Also what's the reason for leaving? I've heard a lot of back and forth about this city and would love some good input from people that see a move in their future. Thanks

I don't have plans to leave right now but what would drive me out would be taxes going up much higher than they already are.

Too many people and the destruction of open space here. I don't want to live where it's just house after house. The houses on tiny yards to me isn't a quality life and I could leave for that reason. El Paso is fast losing it's rural places, becoming a big crowded urban area with not much outdoor recreation.

[Muhnay]

I agree MAL. And even made a similar argument someplace here.

[kidicarus89]

I've been looking for jobs in places in urban areas around the country. I love El Paso to death, but I'm too young to start settling in one city, or heck, one country. I'd pretty much move anywhere I found a position, except for small towns, because they're boring. I'm looking more for big, crowded cities like Chicago, NYC, San Fran, etc.

But if I end up with a cushy job around here, I wouldn't complain either.

[alikat1205]

we made the move to st. louis. why? for all of the reasons i have posted elsewhere, exactly the same reasons as missing green, plus, there are very few high paying professional jobs. the taxes were crazy. much more opportunity for me here. thankfully, my husband got a transfer.

[Caltep]

Yeah, I imagine living in another place near a large urban center. Or at least one that offers a little more than ELP. I am locked in for at least a few more years and am hopeful that the redevelopment of downtown and other Foster projects will come to full fruition. I accept my stay in ELP and am making the best of it I can. What will really drive me outta here? ASARCO's actual re-opening. Ugly the way it is and I'm guessing uglier when it starts puffing out smoke. Could never see myself living that close to that kind of thing.....used to drive past refineries in CA and how they needed to have public warnng systems when spills etc occurred.

[cpelp]

I'm potentially moving thanks to a better, far more secure job and no more crossing into Baghdad, er, Juarez to work (although if it weren't for that El paso would lose 90% of it's Engineers...), retarded taxes, and an utterly inept and corrupt city givernment. Side benefits of where I'm potentially moving to are some green, some water, a large city that is much more "up-to-date" than El Paso, and closer to the family.

I will really miss the weather and the safety of El Paso. And although there's little in El Paso and it's far behind the rest of the country's large cities, I will miss the mountains, outdoors (what's not yet covered by developements), the food, and the dual cultures (although I will NOT miss people speaking only Spanish in the US, not at all), and a lot of the places around El Paso like Old Town and the Sandia mountains in Albuquerque, Mesilla, Ruidoso, the vineyards, and even Juarez since it was a quick ride to have some fun in a different country and culture (pre-open drug war days).

I do plan on relocating back to the Southwest sometime in the future, but you can bet your pants it will NOT be El Paso (unless there are some significant improvements and the government somehow learns to properly govern, at least a little). It would much more likely be something like Albuquerque or Phoenix.