Those leaving El Paso, or who have left El Paso. Do You Have any Regrets? Where did you move? (Houston: co-ops, transfer)

[Gary Siete]

Originally Posted by joqua

In fact, NM is one of the few states where ILLEGALS can get a NM driver's license!

I bet it's the only state where they can get a NM driver's license.

[mistabinks]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

I bet it's the only state where they can get a NM driver's license.

It took me awhile but I finally got it. Good one.

[Rogarven]

Susana Martinez says that will end. We will see.

[joqua]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

I bet it's the only state where they can get a NM driver's license.

HAR D HAR HAR!

What's not so funny is that there is a huge business, apparently, in obtaining NM licenses fraudulently for illegals living in OTHER places than NM. They come to NM with forged documents, obtain the licenses, and use them elsewhere. Hopefully our new governor (Susana Martinez) will follow through on her promises to stop the practice of issuing licenses to anyone who asks for one.

[lipbalm]

Originally Posted by joqua

HAR D HAR HAR!

What's not so funny is that there is a huge business, apparently, in obtaining NM licenses fraudulently for illegals living in OTHER places than NM. They come to NM with forged documents, obtain the licenses, and use them elsewhere. Hopefully our new governor (Susana Martinez) will follow through on her promises to stop the practice of issuing licenses to anyone who asks for one.

No wonder NM drivers can't drive worth Shiate!

[Gary Siete]

Originally Posted by lipbalm

No wonder NM drivers can't drive worth Shiate!

That's not recent. In the '80s an El Paso radio station used to play "Drive Like New Mexican" - to the tune of "Walk Like an Egyptian".

[Rogarven]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

That's not recent. In the '80s an El Paso radio station used to play "Drive Like New Mexican" - to the tune of "Walk Like an Egyptian".

They were worse than the cars from Mexico.

[LorenaUSUK]

I was born in El Paso and left in 1990 at the age of 20 with my first husband.
A lot of people leave El Paso and don’t return due to the lack of job opportunities. This was not the case for me and my ex-husband. He was self-employed as a graphic artist and a screen printer. He had plenty of work at the time but we left to simply discover living in different places. Two days after our wedding, we moved to Houston and he started working as a freelance artist within the month. We lived in Houston for four years together until our marriage dissolved. I later married an Englishman and we moved to England and lived there with our children for nearly 10 years.
I visited my family in El Paso at least once a year for the 14 years I lived away and it was always referred to it as “home”. In 2004, I was ready to come “home” again. My family settled in my father’s home in Album Park while we waited for my husband’s work visa to be assigned. It was completely interesting to see El Paso through the eyes of my English husband and children. They loved getting to know their grandfather, aunt and cousins and extended family, the 300+ days of sunshine, the differences in schools, the culture, the language, everything. We thought we would always live there. Unfortunately, my husband was not self-employed like my first one and we were stuck with the problem of finding suitable employment in the telecommunications sector, his specialty. The only work he found was in Chicago, Illinois. Our hearts completely sank at the prospect of leaving.
Since 2005, we have lived in Chicago, Austin, and Atlanta and now we are in Houston again.
All of the places we have lived have given us a nice perspective on big city living and I would say that my children are very happy where they currently live. From time to time, I do ask them if they would object to living in El Paso again. They always light up and say that “El Paso is awesome! It’s so calm and peaceful there and the mountains are so beautiful. It always feels like home”. I agree with all my heart.
I am currently self-employed and I do intend to return to El Paso within the next few years permanently once my children finish their schooling. It will be good to be “home” and to have that city as a base for my children to feel that they are “home” too.

[mrod1957]

Originally Posted by 1979

I'd like to hear from people who are leaving El Paso, or are thinking of leaving, or who have left El Paso. What reasons did you have for leaving? Where did you go? Do you have any regrets about leaving?

My parents moved us out of El Paso in 1957 for a better life. I did not think of it that way since I was about 14 years old and had all my friends in El Paso. I had just finished the 7th grade at Bowie Jr. High School and was really looking forward to going on to the high school just as all my family members before me. Life in Los Angeles was very different from what I had known in the Segundo Barrio. For one thing all the kids spoke English in L.A. They dressed different and acted different! I miss everything about El Paso but got to adjust to living in L.A. after a while. But it was the 50's with all that great music and I will always remember this one song, "Over the Mountains"! So many memories.

[Seoid]

I left El Paso to go to school years ago. I still visit at least once a year to see my family.

Things I miss (besides my family and friends):

Dry heat
not raining all the time
Mountains
Smell of the desert after it rains
the history
hiking in the mountains
Mexican food (it's different elsewhere)


We live in Houston now. I don't mind living here but I do miss EP. It's just home more than anywhere else I have lived.