Wait, Did El Paso Really Change the World?

Editors’ note: Richard Parker, the author of The Crossing, died just after the book’s release and soon after this review was published. Since, well, forever, outsiders have failed to recognize that El Paso is a great American city. While Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio get most of the credit for the state’s population growth and economic dynamism, our westernmost metropolis is too often regarded as a spare tire, potentially important but usually out of sight. Sure, with a population of less than 700,000, it lags behind its larger, flashier peers. And, yes, it’s a land apart: El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than to Beaumont, and, unlike nearly all of the rest of the state, it’s on mountain time—good for watching Monday…

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