Cloud Dancer wrote:
wolfe10 wrote:
c.traveler2 wrote:
They had to walk back to the border to get medical help in the USA. They were only there for 4 hours.
Sorry, forming a judgment on ANY country based on 4 hours in a border town is, IMO, NOT RATIONAL.
How would you like for foreigners visiting from Europe, for example to judge the U.S. based on 4 hours in Laredo or El Paso???
Brett,
You never gave me the impression that you would use El Paso in such a negative vain. I'm surprised.
Willie,
Two points: Yes, I dislike driving through El Paso-- we generally take the "long way" around it (I 10 west bound to loop 375 north to U.S. 54 north to 3255 north to 404 west back to I 10). In fact, I know of CG's in Deming, NM who have written instructions on how to avoid driving through El Paso. But, to be fair, I dislike driving through LA and Houston as well.
Second, as compared with generalizing about a country (the U.S.), I suspect most Europeans would not hold El Paso up as a shining example of the typical city in the U.S. nor should we expect that they would flock there on vacation.
Both of us have traveled the world extensively. Finding a border town anywhere that represents the "best" of a country is difficult at best.
