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Yes, the urban sprawl is continuous 1 4.76%
No, Tijuana’s metro area isn’t part of Southern California 20 95.24%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-31-2018, 05:25 PM
 
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I went to Tijuana for the first time today and was intrigued at how there’s no gap in urban development between San Diego and Tijuana all the way south into Ensenada. The urban center of Tijuana is also very urban for American standards and seems to be growing.

What do you guys think? Does “Southern California” end at San Diego’s border crossing or can the definition technically be expanded 50 more miles south?

LA + OC + SD + IE Tijuana + Ventura = about 40 million people. Throw in Vegas and Phoenix, then we’d be onpar with Bos-Wash.
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:37 PM
 
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No. This is one of the dumbest polls I've ever seen. Lumping Tijuana with San Diego? The United States ends at the border, period.
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:40 PM
 
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Lumping Tijuana with San Diego? The United States ends at the border, period.
Have you ever been to the SD/TJ border? The line gets so backed up that it can take 3 hours to cross back into the US on a bad day, 1 and a half on a good day.

You can literally see the San Diego skyline from the urban hills of Tijuana and the Beaches of Tijuana. Vise Versa if you’re in a Downtown San Diego skyscraper.
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:42 PM
 
Location: NNV
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Have you ever been to the SD/TJ border? The line gets so backed up that it can take 3 hours to cross back into the US on a bad day, 1 and a half on a good day.

You can literally see the San Diego skyline from the urban hills of Tijuana and the Beaches of Tijuana. Vise Versa if you’re in a Downtown San Diego skyscraper.
Yes, I have many times. What's that have to do with anything? The United States stops at the border. Are steroids affecting your brain?
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:45 PM
 
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Yes, I have many times. Are steroids affecting your brain?
I’m all natty bruh. Nice try though.
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:47 PM
 
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I’m all natty bruh. Nice try though.
Thanks, you answered my question perfectly.
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:55 PM
 
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Yes, I have many times. What's that have to do with anything? The United States stops at the border.
I have many examples.

Vancouver, Canada is outside the United States yet is categorized into the “Pacific Northwest”.

Then you have El Paso with Cuidad Juarez both merged into one metro area.

Kansas City is split in between two states.

What about all the European countries that are so small that their big cities practically cross over country lines?

My point is, that imaginary human boundary lines mean nothing. There’s physically nothing separating SD from TJ so why not include it into the Southland?
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Old 07-31-2018, 05:59 PM
 
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There’s physically nothing separating SD from TJ so why not include it into the Southland?
They took down the fences and walls? Whoa! I go away for the summer and ....
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Old 07-31-2018, 06:02 PM
 
Location: Malibu CA in Summer, Key Largo FL in Winter
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Zona Norte is the no.1 draw for a lot of gringos in TJ. TJ is the closest thing to let and let live I know of in North America.
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Old 07-31-2018, 06:16 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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It's all one big international region, but TJ is definitely not part of what most call SoCal.
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