El Paso's 2012 population: 994,200

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Originally Posted by malamute

I think we're already dense enough. I wish I could live in an El paso that looked like the one in the 70's -- or maybe 60's because it sounded better back then from the way people who lived here then describe it.

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I think they should build the central area up -- but leave existing buildings and keep a certain historic look.

Yeah. There's still vacant land in Central last time I checked, mainly along the mountains. There's probably empty warehouses and stuff downtown that could be turned into loft apartments (if the city would provide enough parking and encourage businesses people need like grocery stores to locate downtown). They could put little apartments or houses (like little Katrina Cottages) in back yards along the alleys, but I guess a lot of people would want to use their back yards, plus parking might be a problem.

Another thing: If there's houses or apartment buildings that the owners are leaving empty and deteriorating, maybe they could be given incentives to fix them up and make them occupied again, or they could be turned over to someone who would.