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El Paso, TX cityscape

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El Paso

tx · metro 872k

photo: Gene Maysonet / pexels

a dispatch from

el paso

TX

31.76°N

106.49°W

El Paso has the Franklin Mountains running right through the middle of the city (which is rare), with hiking trails inside city limits and the desert wide open just past the suburbs. The Mexican food is exceptional in ways that the rest of Texas doesn't quite match (it's true regional border food). Ciudad Juarez is literally next door across the Rio Grande. The light at sunset is unreal.

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$102

below Little Rock's monthly cost

On paper, El Paso and Little Rock are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the el paso entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

22% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$367/mo less in state tax than Little Rock

vs 4.4% in Little Rock

03after rent

$6,860/mo

$102 more than Little Rock

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$231k

2% more expensive than Little Rock

vs $228k in Little Rock

05metro size

872k

vs 765k in Little Rock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

222

pleasant days a year, in el paso.

Little Rock only manages 163 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 60 days top 95° vs Little Rock's 29.

A month here packs 2.3× the events of Little Rock.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

65/100

20% higher than Little Rock

vs 54/100 in Little Rock

Closest outdoor draw: White Sands National Park, 72.1 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

90% higher than Little Rock

vs 49/100 in Little Rock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

13

24% fewer than Little Rock

vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock

04 · see also

same energy as el paso, different zip code:

see also

roanoke

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see also

lexington

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see also

huntsville

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