[QUOTE=EnormusDick]The last two times I've been to J-town the bridge crossings have only been about 10 minutes or so, before the violence it was 1-2 hours. I can't say i'm too upset about that.[/QUOTE]
It's absolutely noticable. Last Tuesday I went over, my parking area of choice was wide open, the bridge car traffic was very thin and many things were closed - but that was Tuesday.
The Friday before, the traffic and parking was the same way and, like you, have no complaints about that at all! I just feel like I'm more easily 'found' by the "Juarez Finest" bunch but I'm just a simple 3 block radius type of guy most of the time - sometimes even 4...
Tuesday I wandered into Colorado and it was dead - maybe 6 people total. Laura's is still reopened but Chito no longer owns/operates it, according to the bartender. It's been redone inside a little bit. 2 or 3 chunky chicas at the bar that had me turn around and leave pretty quickly.
Amazona's was closed, as it was Friday nite and some different people told me that it is indeed 'closed' now.