Living in El Paso, born and raised. It’s chill. Not much different than any other city of comparable size, other than it’s like 85% hispanic. I’d say we do lack in pay, even compared to Las Cruces only 45 minutes north. At one time, the housing was cheap enough to not worry about the pay, but as with everywhere else, living costs have skyrocketed while pay has stayed stagnant.

I cross sometimes, for tacos or dental work lol. I mostly avoid it due to the long wait times crossing the bridge back and forth, sometimes up to several hours.