Crickets......
Maybe no one is willing to say.. but:
1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unGpyIqRU4
2. El Paso ranks 216th out of 250 Texas' top cities in per capita income even though it is ranked 6th in population.
3. We share a border with one of the most dangerous cities in the world. In 2008 it was ranked #1 in murder rate with cities with over 100k population. Even though El Paso is repeatedly ranked as one of the safest cities in the US, it is hard to escape the reputation of our neighbor.
4. It is geographically isolated.
5. Only 16% of El Pasoans have a college education.
6. Outside of El Paso, Texas remains one of the most conservative States in the country where building a border wall and reversing DACA is favored to reduce Mexican influx. El Paso is 85% Hispanic. Just guessing here ... but bigotry may have a roll in this.
I could go on.