el paso wishlist (neighborhood, live, moving to)

[mrsrobinson73]

I think that El Paso should embrace a "wild wild west" thing. I mean, everyone in my family, when they were first told about El Paso. was all excited that we were moving to "el paso" its a "wild west town"........hehe. Im not sure how that would be done, but come on its el paso!!!!

I'd LOVE to see a Trader Joes..................

Cold stone icecream anyone?

more parks, but then i just love family parks and there can't ever be too many parks.

maybe a reptile zoo ~ like a rattlesnake museum or something like that that is only found in the desert? ( i think albuquerque has something like this) But can you imagine a "zoo" with only creepy crawlies? hehehe

And ofcourse a water park ~ a huge massive one...............here in germany they have "schwimbods" and they are really cool INDOOR swimparks........like wet and wild type parks..............

anyway my 2 cents............

[atrabilius]

Originally Posted by mrsrobinson73

I think that El Paso should embrace a "wild wild west" thing. I mean, everyone in my family, when they were first told about El Paso. was all excited that we were moving to "el paso" its a "wild west town"........hehe. Im not sure how that would be done, but come on its el paso!!!!

There was a Wild West theme park just east of town in Montana Vista that was doing a good deal of business, but the owner packed up and left for Cornudas because the county let his place become surrounded by junkyards. They've got John Wesley Hardin's grave and a plaque at the place downtown where he was sent off to his maker. They still have a Western wear industry there (I think). Maybe they could develop it more. Martha "Calamity Jane" Burke used to live in El Paso. Pat Garrett used to work for US Customs there. I think San Elizario is developing its connection with Billy The Kid (he broke out of their jail once). How about some dude ranches?

maybe a reptile zoo ~ like a rattlesnake museum or something like that that is only found in the desert? ( i think albuquerque has something like this) But can you imagine a "zoo" with only creepy crawlies? hehehe

I think the city was planning a zoo annex with nothing but desert animals when they built what is now the El Paso Museum of Archaeology; they were going to put it next to the museum. Didn't come to anything.

More museums: maybe a Museum of Political Corruption in the old Albert Fall mansion on Arizona at Cliff; a Star Trek museum (Gene Roddenberry was born in El Paso); museums about other El Paso natives (Sandra Day O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds).

A restaurant at the top of the Aerial Tramway.

Speaking Rock reopened (in Chaparral, if the Tiguas can't get the Texas legislature to let them reopen in Ysleta). If the Piro-Manso-Tewa ever get federal recognition, they can open a casino in or near El Paso, too.

[alucard]

Mrs. Robinson- We have a Cold Stone.

[Texan#1]

What El Paso needs is a Braums!

[mrsrobinson73]

Originally Posted by alucard

Mrs. Robinson- We have a Cold Stone.

OH YEAH!!!!! Then I will be so happy!!!! I saw that there is PF Changs too??? yea baby! LOL

I still think the Wild West thing could be a VERY good angle to take! Dude ranches too ~ anything to do with that era. I mean, the rest of the USA has their stuff, and El Paso really has culture if it could just be taken advantage of. I LOVE historical old west times...............the cowboys............the indians........ the ruggedness of the desert.

anyway thanks alucard I am happy to know there is a cold stone!

[btroop]

Originally Posted by mrsrobinson73

And ofcourse a water park ~ a huge massive one...............here in germany they have "schwimbods" and they are really cool INDOOR swimparks........like wet and wild type parks..............

anyway my 2 cents............

Did you ever go to Tropical Islands? That place is enormous!!

[mrsrobinson73]

Originally Posted by btroop

Did you ever go to Tropical Islands? That place is enormous!!

no, but i've seen the commercials ~ it looks nice. WEre going to "palm beach" here shortly ~ in Nurmburg, can't wait!

[Mingtha]

Originally Posted by usmc el paso

Cover the 1.5 mile stretch of eyesore of the worst part of Juarez visible from I-10 by UTEP. That eyesore could easily be obstructed by building some 4-5 foot rock walls with desert brush combined with small desert trees, cactuses on the edge of the freeway. I am no landscaping expert but I think that type of work could easily be done under 1 million dollars. A lot of outsiders passing by confuse that eyesore and think it's part of El Paso and thus gives a very bad impression.

Somehow this just saddens me.

Just cover the area up so that no one knows it exists? How depressing. Ok, so we want people to drive by and have a clean impression of El Paso but at what expense? I don't mean in dollars but in emotional expense. How would you feel if you were at the other side? Wouldn't you feel helpless and perhaps a bit resentful if a foreign country built a decorative wall to shut you out from view? That's exactly the problem. People NEED to see the truth, they NEED to know how bad it is over there so that the plight of families who live there won't be forgotten... and not just "covered up" for aesthetic purposes. Especially now more than ever we need to be united instead of devisive with our neighbors to the south.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by Mingtha

Somehow this just saddens me.

Just cover the area up so that no one knows it exists? How depressing. Ok, so we want people to drive by and have a clean impression of El Paso but at what expense? I don't mean in dollars but in emotional expense. How would you feel if you were at the other side? Wouldn't you feel helpless and perhaps a bit resentful if a foreign country built a decorative wall to shut you out from view? That's exactly the problem. People NEED to see the truth, they NEED to know how bad it is over there so that the plight of families who live there won't be forgotten... and not just "covered up" for aesthetic purposes. Especially now more than ever we need to be united instead of devisive with our neighbors to the south.

I don't think those houses over there on the other side of the river are really all that bad. I've been inside some of those houses. They're small, humble, clean, but they have what people really need. Most have electricity, inside bathrooms. You see most of them have vehicles parked in the driveways -- nice vehicles. The majority of people in Mexico don't have 4000 sq ft homes, but inside their homes isn't horrible.

Anyhow there are homes that are much worse but those can't be viewed from the USA.

[XChucoresident]

It would be nice to redo downtown so that tourists will leave with a good impression of EL Paso!