Question for those of you who have been in the hobby for awhile. Am I the only one who is frustrated by how dry the El Paso hobby scene seems to be? Obviously I don't expect us to compete with places like Dallas or Houston, but we seem to be punching below our weight even when accounting for our size. It seems like Midland gets at least as much (if not more) talent than we do despite being a third our size.
What's going on here? Not only do we have almost a million people in the metro area, we also have one of the largest army bases in the country. And that means lots of young males in town, many of them who moved here without wives or girlfriends and without knowing anyone. Plus we have Las Cruces and Juarez nearby. I get that Las Cruces is small and Juarez is not as wealthy and there's a language barrier. But I'm sure that between them, there's enough of a market to help supplement what we have in El Paso.
Has it always been this dry here? I know we have a few good providers who have been here awhile, but it seems like there's very little new talent and not too much visiting talent either. I mean, even if El Paso/ Las Cruces/ Juarez can't support more than a handful of providers on our own, you'd think we'd be first on the list when the girls from Dallas, Houston, etc go on tour.
I'm starting to think I need to sneak in visits to providers whenever I travel if things don't get better around here.