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Posted: 1/20/2017 8:31:28 PM EDT
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I flew out of ELP yesterday.
I saw a good chunk of area that was laid out like a 'hood, but nothing else. Made me think about buying a plot 
ETA: this area? |
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Posted: 1/21/2017 2:48:18 AM EDT
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I flew out of ELP yesterday. I saw a good chunk of area that was laid out like a 'hood, but nothing else. Made me think about buying a plot
ETA: this area? Yep, that's the area! My dad says most of the people got their money back, but I guess my granddad never worried about it. Apparently the land is so worthless, he doesn't even get a bill for property tax anymore.. It looks like there's nothing out there, but I don't want to end up trespassing to get to the plot he owns. Did it look like there is dirt roads laid out? Kinda looks that way, but hard to tell from the satellite images. |
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Posted: 1/21/2017 10:26:46 AM EDT
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My dad fell for that scam too.
As far as I know my oldest sister still pays $17 a year for the property tax. |
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Posted: 1/22/2017 4:40:44 PM EDT
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I live in Horizon City. Those roads have been out there for 20+ years. The town of Horizon City is well established and a nice area. It is building so fast out here that the land farther out will be used soon.
Yes it was a scam, I own some of the areas farther out also. The other big scam is in Hudspeth county with Sunset Ranches. Same thing, no utilities or paved roads. Just lots of desert. |
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Posted: 1/23/2017 3:57:51 AM EDT
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I live in Horizon City. Those roads have been out there for 20+ years. The town of Horizon City is well established and a nice area. It is building so fast out here that the land farther out will be used soon. Yes it was a scam, I own some of the areas farther out also. The other big scam is in Hudspeth county with Sunset Ranches. Same thing, no utilities or paved roads. Just lots of desert. Is it ok to have a fire or shoot out there? Assuming there is some kind of safe backstop, not flat land. (This would be on the 5 acre plot my dad owns) |
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Posted: 1/23/2017 10:43:14 AM EDT
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Lol, why did they put in road beds before running sewer / utilities?
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Posted: 1/31/2017 6:12:00 PM EDT
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Just bumping for any additional info.
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Posted: 2/1/2017 9:00:50 AM EDT
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I have worked in El Paso a couple of times, the area you are talking about is pretty flat.
As for the dirt roads, they are everywhere out that way. My GPS took me on several. Many times I thought I was just driving cross country, but there were tracks there. lol. If it was me, I would get the deed and either call the county clerk and check ownership, or take a trip out there to check it out. The county will probably be happy to make you a copy of the survey map of the land, showing the exact location and boundaries if you do not have one. ETA: I see you are in Virginia, long trip to see a lot of nothing.... but if you do go, stay away from Chico's Tacos... There is a possibility since you don't get a property bill anymore that the land was sold at auction, or there is a tax bill waiting to be paid. As for trespassing, if it as deserted as it looks on google earth, I doubt you will have a problem with that. Looks like there are I am interested in the results. to me, land is land, whether people think it's worthless or not. :) |
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Posted: 2/1/2017 11:50:55 AM EDT
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Awesome, that helps a lot.
I was going to drive to tucson to visit a friend and figured I may as well stop in El paso on the way, so I'm not driving just to see the land. Texas is one of the states I have yet to visit, thought I should check it out at some point. Doesn't hurt that all my guns are legal there, unlike some other states I've visited. Any good public outdoor ranges to shoot rifles around el paso? Or designated public land to shoot on if my dad's land doesn't work out for shooting? |
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Posted: 2/1/2017 12:01:27 PM EDT
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Awesome, that helps a lot. I was going to drive to tucson to visit a friend and figured I may as well stop in El paso on the way, so I'm not driving just to see the land. Texas is one of the states I have yet to visit, thought I should check it out at some point. Doesn't hurt that all my guns are legal there, unlike some other states I've visited. Any good public outdoor ranges to shoot rifles around el paso? Or designated public land to shoot on if my dad's land doesn't work out for shooting? in that case, allow an extra day to visit the Big Bend are.....you will NOT be dissapointed. If you come though DFW, holler, we'll get you some damend good BBQ. :D |
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Posted: 2/1/2017 12:23:04 PM EDT
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My aunt lived there many years. The desert there is packed with thorns and cactus. I walked around some in New Balance trail running shoes and ended up with 1/2 inch long thorns embedded in my shoes. Might want to think twice about driving a vehicle on unpaved sections. Really thorny. Horizon City is a little strange with the layout and location. Quite a few law enforcement and border patrol people live out there to avoid El Paso proper.
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Posted: 2/4/2017 3:09:24 PM EDT
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Some of that area north of Fabens used to be a bombing range in WWII! You can find a practice bomb or parts in certain areas and if you know where to look you can find belts of .50 BMG out there.
There may be an odd house or mobile home out there with people that may live for a bit then move away. Some arrow heads and Indian paintings in certain areas as well, but not a good investment for land, maybe a 100 years from now otherwise....... Big +1 on staying away from Chicos Tacos! Don't know why some people like those tacos so much. The crotch out of a dead skunk is more appealing. |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 4:44:10 PM EDT
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Lol, why did they put in road beds before running sewer / utilities? They look like dirt roads on Google Earth, but could just be dusty |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 4:52:30 PM EDT
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Some of that area north of Fabens used to be a bombing range in WWII! You can find a practice bomb or parts in certain areas and if you know where to look you can find belts of .50 BMG out there. There may be an odd house or mobile home out there with people that may live for a bit then move away. Some arrow heads and Indian paintings in certain areas as well, but not a good investment for land, maybe a 100 years from now otherwise....... Big +1 on staying away from Chicos Tacos! Don't know why some people like those tacos so much. The crotch out of a dead skunk is more appealing. Whoa, that's cool about the bombing range and Indian paintings! So what's the good taco spot? Haha |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 4:55:02 PM EDT
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Whoa, that's cool about the bombing range and Indian paintings! So what's the good taco spot? Haha Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Some of that area north of Fabens used to be a bombing range in WWII! You can find a practice bomb or parts in certain areas and if you know where to look you can find belts of .50 BMG out there. There may be an odd house or mobile home out there with people that may live for a bit then move away. Some arrow heads and Indian paintings in certain areas as well, but not a good investment for land, maybe a 100 years from now otherwise....... Big +1 on staying away from Chicos Tacos! Don't know why some people like those tacos so much. The crotch out of a dead skunk is more appealing. Whoa, that's cool about the bombing range and Indian paintings! So what's the good taco spot? Haha Almost anywhere else, Texans love tacos and El Paso is no exception |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 5:26:13 PM EDT
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La Malinche is good for the chicken tacos, I've never tried the ground beef ones. There's crispy shell tacos and the soft ones and this varies from place to place. Some of the best ones are family run small restaurants. It's more home cooking than bigger chain type of places. Also the west Texas Mexican food is different from the Austin Tex mex or down south as far as Brownsville.
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Posted: 2/4/2017 9:52:26 PM EDT
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Some of that area north of Fabens used to be a bombing range in WWII! You can find a practice bomb or parts in certain areas and if you know where to look you can find belts of .50 BMG out there. There may be an odd house or mobile home out there with people that may live for a bit then move away. Some arrow heads and Indian paintings in certain areas as well, but not a good investment for land, maybe a 100 years from now otherwise....... Big +1 on staying away from Chicos Tacos! Don't know why some people like those tacos so much. The crotch out of a dead skunk is more appealing. Whoa, that's cool about the bombing range and Indian paintings! So what's the good taco spot? Haha Almost anywhere else, Texans love tacos and El Paso is no exception I don't like the food in El Paso much at all. I'm from South Texas and the TexMex is totally different over by the Rio Grande Valley. El Paso is next to a totally different part of Mexico. They seem to want to coat everything with a thin red sauce over there. They use the same sauce at Chicos, I thought it was some kind of soup. 
Now for a steak, Cattleman's just outside of El Paso was excellent. I got the Cowboy, it's a 2lb T-Bone, it was awesome. |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 10:57:47 PM EDT
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Totally disagree on the sauce! The slop they serve at Chicos is watery, tomato based mop water. I don't know where you ate but I haven't seen where everyone wants to put red sauce on everything and if they do use a salsa de chile colorado, it's not the Chicos mop water.
The distinction between Tex Mex and Mexican food is that, ones Tex Mex and ones Mexican and the valley version of asado doesn't live up to the name. As my boss use to say "Nuff said!" |
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Posted: 2/4/2017 11:26:42 PM EDT
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Totally disagree on the sauce! The slop they serve at Chicos is watery, tomato based mop water. I don't know where you ate but I haven't seen where everyone wants to put red sauce on everything and if they do use a salsa de chile colorado, it's not the Chicos mop water. The distinction between Tex Mex and Mexican food is that, ones Tex Mex and ones Mexican and the valley version of asado doesn't live up to the name. As my boss use to say "Nuff said!" Nope, even Taco Cabana (a frickin' chain restaurant) puts that or similar red sauce on their food in El Paso. - unlike any taco cabana I have ever been to El Paso is across the border from the Mexican state of Chihuahua, South Texas is across from the state of Tamaulipas. cuisine is not the same. ETA: My wife didn't like the Mexican food there, and her family has lived in South Texas since it was part of Mexico. (The border crossed her  )
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Posted: 3/23/2017 8:23:15 PM EDT
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Is it ok to have a fire or shoot out there? Assuming there is some kind of safe backstop, not flat land. (This would be on the 5 acre plot my dad owns) If you look at the map, most of the roads to the east of Horizon are dirt. +1 for Cattleman's Steak House. They raise and slaughter their own beef. Chico's is an El Paso thing and an aquired taste. Though I did take 4 coolers worth of the tacos and gallons of the sauce to a platoon of Marines in 29 Palms several years back when my brother was in 3/7. They ate that shit up and totally regretted it the next day while doing PT.
If you have any other questions let me know. I have lived here a long time. |
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