Yeah El Paso IS the nicest border town you will see BY FAR in TX. I work for FMCSA (gov't). We inspect the trucks coming in from Mexico (remember NAFTA? It's still alive and well).
I live in Austin, TX, but have been to Brownsville, Mcallen, Roma, Los Indios, Progresso, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Laredo ( World Trade Bridge, over 7000 vehicles a day pass thru there, accouting for 60% of the transport traffic coming into America from Mexico), El Paso (Ysleta and Bota bridges). And many places south of the border, of course //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif .
El Paso is far and away the best border town in TX....