Red Dead Redemption 3: 10 Cities That Could Be On The Map

8. El Paso, Texas

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F.Parker, El Paso, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It seems pretty likely that the next game will go further west, and El Paso definitely fits the bill.

Immortalized by the Marty Robbins song of the same name, the West Texas town of El Paso sits on the state's border with Mexico. It's a significant transit point; along with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez and the New Mexican city of Las Cruces, El Paso is part of a tri-city metropolitan area known as El Paso del Norte or the Borderplex. Today, it is the largest binational and bilingual workforce in the Western Hemisphere.

After the arrival of the railroad in the late 19th century, what was once a sleepy, adobe-dotted town of less than a thousand people became a major frontier destination. El Paso's population exploded to over 10,000, comprised of white Americans, old Hispanic settlers, and recent Mexican immigrants. With the influx of settlers came new businesses, as well as a healthy dose of crime.

El Paso became a hub of gambling and prostitution, and its lawlessness and violence earned it nicknames like "the Six Shooter Capital" and "Sin City". You know, the sort of place that would seem right at home for a group of outlaws.

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