[kstrauser]

The drive from El Paso to Los Angeles is 813 miles. The drive from El Paso to Brownsville, TX is 829 miles.

El Paso is closer to LA than to another city in Texas.

[brudgers]

Although El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to the Mississippi River, by Interstate it is 200km closer to Dallas and slightly closer to Houston and Austin.

But all those drives are 900km or more.

[kurthr]

Yeah, but once you get to El Paso, you're almost half way there!