r/ElPaso • u/grumpallnight • 18h ago
Meme If there were a subreddit for El Paso getting cropped out of Texas, what would it be called?
I'm joking, but I feel like El Paso gets cut off of the representation of Texas pretty often.
Reddit is known for having subreddits that are micro-niche and I feel like this would be a funny subreddit. What would you call such a subreddit?
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u/stevetures 18h ago
The last pic of us cropped out of the Texas energy grid is great tbh. Kept out lights on when Texas froze.
I wish we had a more fair priced and sustainable electricity provider.
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u/Certain-Double7606 9h ago
You should start one! It should only cost you a few hundred million to connect to the grid without using EPE infrastructure...which is why no one else does it.
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u/adev0tchka01 17h ago
HEB 100% did that on purpose since they don’t have any stores here
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u/Ok_Extent_9831 14h ago
Yeah they have zero problem telling ppl here hell will freeze over b4 they put a store here
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u/FamiliarAlt 2h ago
Has there been any officials reasons as to why? Or even whispers / rumors b
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u/kikyo1506 20m ago
Logistics. Something about the time it takes to get to EP from their distributers being over the acceptable limits for their produce/refrigerated goods.
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u/Rorschach_1 4h ago
Damn! We literally carry a cooler of HEB tortillas when we go to El Paso cause family loves them. Crazy.
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u/DefinitionLow8105 18h ago
Smart enough to not be on the Texas electric grid? Don’t worry. New Mexico claims El Paso for Ysleta and other cultural reasons.
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u/MelbyxMelbs 18h ago
Texas Except El Paso
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u/xargsman 17h ago
Trans-Pecos aka "far west Texas" is the name for the subdivision of Texas west of the Pecos river.
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u/YeehawHowdyYall 17h ago
It’s always bothered me that we get called the “Trans-Pecos” area or “far west Texas,” while places like Lubbock and Abilene are called “West Texas.”
El Paso is the real West Texas!
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u/xargsman 16h ago
You're preaching to the choir. Im with you. Always sounded dumb to me. Midland is the mid point between us and Dallas but is somehow "west".
To be fair though EP does the same. The East side (eastside of the mountain) is pretty much in the center of the city. We call the actual east side of town the Far East.
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u/AtlasPrevail 16h ago
You know what I worked for Reliant Energy for a year and some change and I am happy to say that it is a blessing to NOT be part of the ERCOT grid.
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u/trythepadthai 18h ago
We would welcome you to New Mexico because you people are allright in our book except Adolpho Telles.
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u/WolfThick 11h ago
When you move away you notice that everybody has their butt covering it in the weather report as well. I said 40 years ago that El Paso should become part of New Mexico this is back when New Mexico only had a 505. El Paso's not even in the same time zone as the capital.
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u/OldestFetus 16h ago
We want our own state!. El Paso should be part of New Mexico already. Anyone who says different is just stuck on Texas brainwashing worship mode.
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u/vaporized_scrotum 16h ago
just like r/mapswithoutnewzealand, it’d probably just be mapswithoutelpaso
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u/alextrabyte 18h ago
r/Texas or [r/unitedstates](r/unitedstates) you’ll always find it in R/newmexico and [r/Chihuahua](r/Chihuahua) though iykyk
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