I'm simply offering my opinion. I believe that El Paso would stand to gain more tourist by playing up their connections to Mexico rather than downplaying them.

As for quality of life. I disagree on that subject as well.

The whole " build it and they will come" idea only works in the movies.

Once again, the city has it backwards.

You don't build a bunch of nice things and hope that people move in and improve the economy.

What you do is improve the education level of the citizens which in turn creates a high skilled work force that attracts higher paying jobs.