El Paso is my hometown. I lived there for 15 years and have never looked back. I think Narzos has spent more than a couple days there. I grew up on Salisbury which is almost directly off of Dyer. Dyer is a main street in the town and will get you almost anywhere. I will be visiting relatives there this weekend. They have a fairly large dunes area known as Red Sands which I'm going to have a blast on a dirtbike at. The University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) is the local college. Stay away from the south side, the, west side, and the northeast side of town. The north and east sides are fairly safe and tend to have a lot of the nice homes and neighborhoods. I grew up right next to Irvin High School, "Home of the Rockets". Interesting place to take a peek at, but I wouldn't recommend a permanent stay. Something to note is that El Paso used to be considered a vacation/tourist spot. You can find evidence of this in the May, 1957 edition of the National Geographic on page 26, where it is advertised.