I am from there too. It was worse when my family moved in. Our family was some of the first families back then. Thanks for keeping it informational and not criticizing it. My mom still lives there. It's cool seeing it as I live in WI and don't get back home much. Thanks!

I’m from el Cenizo and we’re a friendly community. Most of the people of live there work in landscaping, truck drivers, oilfield and more. Most of the people have houses in el Cenizo and live in Laredo or rent their homes at el Cenizo and live in Laredo. There’s never violence crime just illegal immigrants crossing that’s it.

9:05 The saying has something to do with the attitude of some Mexican Americans that feel they aren’t American enough to be accepted by the US and not Mexican enough to accepted by Mexico, so they’re stuck in the middle.

Really enjoying your videos. You have an interesting take on the whole Mexico-US border scene. We must not forget history though, and acknowledge that the folks from these towns don't feel mexican nor american, they're texans, and as they proudly say: "we did not land in Texas, Texas landed on us"... they've been there since colonial times. It's really peculiar how these people don't fit in either the mexican way of life nor the american one, they speak choppy spanish and a very hispanic english (if that makes sense), they just don't belong to either side. thanks for doing the travelling for us!

Thank you for posting these videos. I'm a native Texan and it makes me happy to see this. I'd like to share some history about Texas. In the 1830's Mexico passed a law to curb illegal immigration of white settlers. Mexico abolished slavery in 1829 and this did not sit well with those white settlers renting land in Texas becuase cotton was a huge part of the economy at that time. The interesting thing about Texas is that even through the white washing of history, the stints of genocide of native Americans and Mexicans in the 1840's. The mass deportations of legal and illegal Mexicans in the 1920's and "Operation wetback" in the 1950s. Mexican-Americans known as Tejanos were still able to thrive in Texas. So what may seem like an old dusty Mexican town in the United States is as it's always has been even before the state was unionized. There are Mexican-Americans who live in Texas that are specifically rooted by generations and generation from Texas as am I. There's so much history and I encourage you and your viewers to uncover the rich history Texas has to offer. Peace be with you.

Here from El Paso to Brownsville, Tx people are in Mexico and U.S. and we love it.🇲🇽🇺🇲

You guys probably have already been to Nashville. Just a shout out for Mrs Loretta Lynn, she just passed away at age 90. Much love everyone 💕

These small, forgotten border towns would get almost no coverage on the majority of KZfaq. Most people, even in Texas only know about places like the Valley or Laredo or Del Rio. I'm glad you're driving around, showing places like this (so I don't have to). Cheers!

We really love videos like this. Texas is an American state that everyone loves so much.

Hi Lord Spoda Distinctly different! Stray dogs on the roads was an unusual sight. Luckily, those approached you were friendly, wagging tails. Brightly painted structure opposite to the City Hall was attention catching. Got a chance to see this small, peaceful border town in Texas. The town itself must have been surprised by your unexpected visit! Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the same.

Good morning from Isan - Northeast Thailand, dogs running up the road ... looks like here. Another interesting insight into the real US that is never exposed. There is, what I would call, no visible means of support and from your commentary they see themselves as outsiders. I am always amazed that in whatever part of the world I have been to that has poverty, they manage to erect a religious building that is well kept, the rest of the place can look grim but not the church/temple/mosque ..... and so forth. Thank you for sharing another episode that has teleported me to the other side of the world.

Life is hard. I admire anyone who can get by on so little without hurting others.

There are a lot of “ safe houses “ there, it’s where the coyote takes them and drops them off to cool his trail then he picks them up later for travel to Chicago, L.A , Nueva York and various other major cities in the U.S

Love your videos, you're very respectful towards those communities. Keep it up.

Good video. Your giving us information along with your great pictures. 👍

Interesting border town! Thank you for all of the facts and figures. That really enhances your videos! Lots of dogs roaming. Looking forward to the next installment!

1. Centreville, Illinois • Median household income: $17,441 • Median home value: $47,900

Nobody on youtube doing it like this right now. Thanks!

Never a dull video on your channel my friend. good for you.

It is fascinating that virtually every house had a tall fence and gate across the front of the property

Thank you sir for such a great tour

By the way that carwash is a drive through, is very popular in South Texas. It is a convenience store with out getting out of your car.

THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL VIDEOS, 💯💯

Another great video! I’m very surprised at how narrow the river is. I imagined something much wider. Thanks for sharing and opening my eyes to the border area.

8:11 cracked me up for some reason. The horse was just chilling. I hope the horse is ok though!

Really enjoying the videos on border towns.. thank you for sharing the real life sites..those folks are the poor, God's hand help them..safe travels for you an your wife🌼

Absolutely love your videos. It always fascinating to see the border through the lenses of another person. Your work and journeys give such an insightful perspective. I am wondering if you are making your way towards to El Paso and the border leading to Arizona. I’ve taken several trips from El Paso to Tucson and around that border region. It’s truly breathtaking.

The Rio Grande's waters seem serene and, at the places you've shown us, its width quite narrow; yet, as you note, it's quite charming. Except for the one barker at the end, the dogs all seemed sluggish and underfed. The one horse you focused on was clearly too thin: sunken haunch and ribs too prominent. The cream colored building with the canopy in front likely is part of the property of that pretty church next door: a church hall, rectory or school, I'm supposing. You sure are demonstrating visually how vast and varied this country is. Keep it up!

Thanks for taking us along, I really wish the local pets were better taken care of, otherwise I thought some of the comments were a bit rude , I absolutely would not be afraid in this neighborhood, I saw more animals then people out, and I agree with one other comment on here, people do the best they can with what they have, I bet lots were working hard in the next big city just trying to bring home a paycheck to put food on the table.

El Camino de riyal from Lajitas to Presidio is a very engaging ride along the Rio Grande. You get to it from the bottom of big bend national park. And if you’ve never been to Langtry and to the Judge Roy Bean Museum on US 90 that is a pretty fascinating little place

Great. Video today you find the craziest places sometimes

The town is appealing to me. I like the freedom and quietness.

Another great video! And you do make me feel like I'm there :)

Thank you for sharing these videos! Another place you may want to check out is Meadowlake and El Cerro Mission NM. I couldn't believe I was even in the US when I went there.

There’s a good amount of small towns like el cenizo all along the Texas/Mexico border. I grew up down there

Loved this and how it showed this town.

My father is white and native American, but speaks Spanish, actually Mexican, Spanish is different, a little. And he was trapping down in south Texas in a little like this that was all Spanish. And no one spoke English. Anyway my father was there at a little cafe to eat. And he heard some young men come in and asked the owner who the gringo was, and he told them to leave him alone, he spoke better Spanish than they did, and he was armed. Which my father had a concealed carry licence , since he was a government trapper. He was there to solve a mountain lion problem, that was real bad.

We travel to Texas once a year. I recently found you on YTube. Just want to suggest the towns off Texas highway 17 from Pecos to Presidios...what a view!

Love your vids bro

Wow amazing video l hope u enjoy ur trip From Edinburg Texas

Love the dogs😂😂😂like who’s this guy 😂😂hey you got some food. Just so friendly guys following you…😂 keep some food in your vehicle for next time.

Most houses area in ok Condition compared to the ones in West Virginia!! Dilapidated and literally and Abandoned!! Good video!!!

There’s parts of HOUSTON TEXAS that looks like El Cenizo!

Great job Lord Spoda!

Great as usual When you come to Bristol check out the old virginia intermont college on moore st as well as some old houses there plus the other roads i mentioned in another video.

El Cenizo started off as a "colonia," an impoverished neighborhood with little or no infrastructure. The city was incorporated years ago, but students still attend public school in the bigger city of Laredo, Texas, and probably many residents have jobs in Laredo.

Looks a lot like Douglas Arizona. I went there one time. I couldn't leave fast enough lol.

There were some fairly nice vehicles that cruised by you; and were parked at some of the properties you drove by, so it looks like their 'wealth' is tied up in their transportation choices in many cases, which I don't find that surprising....

Very fascinating place. Hard to believe that’s in America.

Good video !!

I'm from Texas and I enjoy seeing your videos. Because this are towns I have never heard of. But I wouldn't want to live there. El Cenizo mean The ash. I saw video of the town Overton and that town reminded me of when I was a little girl and my parents lived in West Texas.

At 6:00, that is not a car wash...that is a drive-thru beer, etc. store, very common throughout south Texas years ago...some remain...

It’s hard for me to imagine living in a place like that it’s so dry, hot and desolate. I live in WV where we have four distinct seasons. I love watching your videos I get to travel that way 😂 Thank you

So many fenced off front yards . Strange to see that . Bars on windows too.

Eso es la muestra de que el terreno de Mexico 🇲🇽 siempre tendrá esa distinción q no dejará de ser de MÉXICO

That looked like one of those soda and beer drive-thru stores they have those in San Angelo and I'm sure all throughout Texas.

El Cenizo (ash looking color) Greyish I guess , as the Texas sage , also “ ni de aquí ni de hallá “ means “ Neither from here nor from over there” . Very interesting place . Good video thx

Gracias por compartir tus vídeos: muestran la realidad de pueblos fronterizos, mezcla de pobreza, desolación, perros deambulando y patrullas fronterizas. Las fronteras son terceras realidades, que no son ni norteamericanas ni mejicanas, sino una extraña conjunción de ambas.

this place looks like salt creek in pueblo CO not even kidding.

You need to come to Oak Cliff Dallas Texas. It’s little Mexico in the middle of a big city.

Texas Sage have several of them, they bloom every 4-6 weeks during Spring and Summer. Most plants just bloom once not this one it's constantly getting new blooms.

I was surprised how good the roads looked.

9:09 That local saying: “No soy de aquí ni soy de allá.” Is the Title of a classic Spanish Ballad by Facundo Cabral, Argentinean. A wonderful song that will allow you to understand what the people of “el Cenizo” think. Check it out on YT, you’ll find the lyrics.

Well I got my curiosity out of the way how Texas was like been watching a lot of your videos thanks

I enjoy watching this border videos they are interesting, I don't drive and so have no way to get to them myself so I love seeing them well not seeing them but listen to you talk about them on your videos keep up the good work that is because me and my boyfriend or both blind he wants was down at I don't know what to call f****** Lakers something and we love watching your videos

Love your vids. Check this out.. at 20:18 you see a sign on the fence - "Elsa Degollado" - that means "beheaded" or to "cut off the head" - in English

Somewhere down there is an abandoned church that was once in Mexico but the rio grand changed its location to a bend further south.

I think it's great that Hispanics are learning English as a second language. I learned Spanish as a second language and I get along fine in Mexico. Each town has an area where people go to congregate and there are other sections you just don't want to go into. So that's nothing unusual. There is violence everywhere in the world now, unfortunately.

Still loving the vids. Could you possibly give us current weather and temps where you are? I am guessing it's hot AF there right now. lol Ian getting us in PA right now.

This town is similar to Socorro or San Elizario which is near El Paso TX. Majority speak just Spanish and live in similar conditions like this.

LOL. One of many. Visit northern Maine. French is the first language.

Wonder if you put a different ethnic group in the town if it would still be run down.. Have you ever filmed indian reservations? This town is like Beverly hills compared to a reservation

Ive been on lots of islands that look like this. Guam looks like this in some places but they mostly keep it clean. Some parts of the Philippines looks exactly like this place but with more palm trees, chickens and kids running around. The dogs are free security and let people know when someones around.

Another awesome video. Very, very interesting. I did notice that most of the houses have fences around them and it looks like they close the gate after pulling their vehicles in. Do you have any ideas why that is?

Beautiful small town

I don’t think that memorial was the “Halloween spirit” but where several died in a car accident!

theres a town in the cali desert called MECCA ca . its similar to cenizo , you should go check it out nic amd joe

Look up the republic of the rio grande not the restaurant in McAllen. Brownsville to larado south of the check points and similar north in Mexico is pretty much still it’s own thing. If you have to cross through a line of checkpoints with boarder patrol to access the rest of the country you probably are not really fully part of it, other than for government taxation purposes.

Will you travel throughout the entire U.S-Mexico border? Also enjoyed the video

There are lots of Mehikan towns inside the US: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Tampa, SF, NY, Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago etc, etc..

You are sure taking a risk going thru that town!!

Those dogs were cute 🥺

I have a new respect for the people in Martha's Vineyard.

Actually, the border crossed them, they did not cross the border. read about it.

The dogs are looks out for the locals. If you don’t look right, they bark out your presence to the people down the road. You lucked out. ;)

you should come to las milpas homie !

I’ve seen and enjoyed a lot of your videos. I’d like to comment on why that town might look the poorest town in all United States (although it may be not). As you can see by the houses, no matter how humble they may look, they are newer builds compared to other parts of the country who have beautiful older homes where poor communities have the privilege to reside in. This place was probably uninhabited and the homes they live in they probably built themselves with their own hands

Interesting to see the 956 through the eyes of a foreigner. I'm from Rio Grande, And it's kind of interesting watching your videos And your opinions of The Valley, lts also interesting reading peoples opinions from around the world and what they think. very interesting Just to let people know its not all ugly. Now the next town you are going too, ay si esta feo 😆 sorry Laredo peoples lol jj. keep up the good videos I'll subscribe.

THANK you Lord soda 🙋🏽‍♀️💯

I feel like I'm riding shotgun when I watch your videos .I am basically living vicariously through your adventures.

I live and work here in the RGV area .Work in the medical field as a Home Health Clinician .Many of these places you have shown in your current and previous videos ,I have been there already treating patients .Ive been to Mexican side ,as well .In fact I just returned from Monterrey Mexico few days ago and will fly to Mexico City thru Reynosa next week . You need to visit the other side as well .Its not as dangerous as secular media depicts. Just dont travel at night !

You should go to Asherton(cheto) and catarina TX same exact thing I’m from there and everyone speaks Spanish, they prefer it

We just started watching your channel. Have you ever been confronted by anyone while filming?

Thank you for showing us the real stuff between USA and Mexico.

Not surprising.. That used to be Mexico🤷 small group of people that simply maintained where they already were b4

I used to volunteer as a firefighter back in 2015 when I was still in high school. It would take me an hour to drive there and an hour to go back home. I stopped going after 3 months

Reminds me of a few reservations, dogs and all.

Thats every southern town in Texas now

You can add half the towns in Kern Co and San Joaquin Ca to your list of only speak Spanish

It looks a ghost town. Thank you for the video.