El Paso

The reality is that El Paso is just an example of a city where life sucks. It's a piece of America that is struggling with the overwhelming forces of the 1st world and doesn't quite fit in. A place where the honest people are perceived as the scum of humanity. A place where the west meets the south and there is no middle ground. In short: El Paso is a shitty city. I've lived in a few shitty cities (Bakersfield, CA, Flint, MI, Ames, IA), but El Paso is by far the most shitty city in America and the worst place I have ever lived. It is one of the most corrupt cities in the country and it shows in the quality of life. El Paso is run by vicious drug cartels and gangs with virtually no law enforcement protection. What is worse is the gangsters are nothing more than a subculture in their own right, and their reign is not only supported by their own apathy, but even the “good” citizens of the city don't have the courage to stand up to them. The most feared gang in El Paso is the “Boys in Blue” or as they prefer to be called: “the ones that go around killing people, robbing people and not being scared to say it.” An incredibly ironic name for an amazingly terrifying gang. In El Paso, the people who are living there have so little energy and are constantly under threat that they are forced to be neurotic and paranoid, almost to the point of self-destruction. It's like you're living in the Saw movies.