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What is the Southwest? Well...
Most people think of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood when they hear the word "Southwest." Others immediately recall the lines, "Out in the West Texas town of El Paso / I fell in love with a Mexican girl." While the Southwest is known for cowboys, Native Americans, and Hispanics, these are only a couple of the elements that have blended together to create the unique culture and area known as the Southwest.
The Southwest area of the United States is located within the Chihuahuan Desert. The desert has varying climates, cool winters, hot summers, and limited rainfall. The landscape's vegetation is primarily cacti and the well-known mesquite tree. The desert is populated by a variety of wildlife, including coyotes, rattlesnakes, jackrabbits, roadrunners, and quail. The Chihuahuan Desert boasts a number of natural wonders, including White Sands National Monument and Big Bend National Park. These natural qualities are part of the Southwest's appeal, but people who come to the Southwest, either to visit or to live, typically are attracted to the culture. There is no one culture; the Southwest is a literal "melting pot." In El Paso and Las Cruces, two cities located in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexican, Hispanic, Spanish, Native American, and Anglo-American cultures blend and shape the people who live within the region.
El Paso is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas and is situated along the Rio Grande River. It shares a border with both the state of New Mexico and the country of Mexico. The Franklin Mountains, the southern tip of the Rockies, practically slice El Paso in two, resulting in multiple neighborhoods, highways, and shopping and entertainment venues. El Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas and is expected to grow. The city is in the Mountain Time Zone.
Las Cruces is in southeast New Mexico. The city is nestled within the fertile Mesilla Valley and is overshadowed by the majestic Organ Mountains. The city's numerous adobe-constructed buildings and local farms create a rich cultural heritage and the sensation of returning to a recent, more rural past. Las Cruces has been rated one of the number one places to retire by AARP.
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