Posted Sep 22, 2015, 6:01 PM
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^LOL^
El Paso also happens to be one of the safest major cities in the United States, but it doesn't have, historically, any kind of money or tax base with which to fuel any growth. Ergo, it's stuck in this kind of aggregate cycle of poverty.
McAllen, on the other hand, is also stuck in an aggregate cycle of poverty, but - because of the luck of geography - it is the nearest port of entry in the United States for immigrants from Latin America, so it happens to absorb even poorer immigrants thus making it's economic situation even worse.
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