Meta ads in El Paso run into two facts of geography. A radius around the city also covers Ciudad Juarez, so wide targeting pays for reach in another country.
And the metro is bilingual, with households moving between English and Spanish content, which changes ad wording, captions, and lead forms. Add the military presence at Fort Bliss, where families arrive and leave on orders, and rental, cleaning, and repair needs come in waves.
Summer heat and monsoon storms shift what people will tap on, and Las Cruces sits across the state line in New Mexico with its own licensing. Meta is good at putting an offer in front of people who were not searching yet.
Google catches the ones who were.