Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
If Tijuana hadn't made gambling illegal back in 1939? and continued on a path of building mega resort casino's, Las Vegas would not exist today. Gamblers from L.A. and San Diego, instead of driving 3-5 hours to Las Vegas, would, naturally, have driven south instead. One of the biggest errors Tijuana ever made, they missed the jackpot!
With all those steep, vertical hills, if the border had been cut 5 miles furthur south, the rich people of San Diego would be living there to this day, enjoying those spectacular views from those hills north of the Chapultepec Golf course off Aguascaliente Blvd.
I bought some property in the south Tijuana hills 5 years ago to build me a getaway place, and if the builders hadn't jacked me around and kept raising the cost of construction, my house would be there today.
If Tijuana hadn't made gambling illegal back in 1939? and continued on a path of building mega resort casino's, Las Vegas would not exist today. Gamblers from L.A. and San Diego, instead of driving 3-5 hours to Las Vegas, would, naturally, have driven south instead. One of the biggest errors Tijuana ever made, they missed the jackpot!
With all those steep, vertical hills, if the border had been cut 5 miles furthur south, the rich people of San Diego would be living there to this day, enjoying those spectacular views from those hills north of the Chapultepec Golf course off Aguascaliente Blvd.
I bought some property in the south Tijuana hills 5 years ago to build me a getaway place, and if the builders hadn't jacked me around and kept raising the cost of construction, my house would be there today.
It would have been interesting to see a Tijuana like Vegas.
One major difference between Vancouver and Tijuana-is since that Tijuana-San Diego actually share a border, there is a much closer relationship between the two. Vancouver-Seattle is a 2.5-3 hour drive with a frequently long wait at the border. And even Vancouver isn't even right on the border, and furthermore Vancouver isn't economically dependent in any way on Seattle. While both are similar in landscape and culture--Vancouver could easily exist and still be a prominent city without Seattle existing. It's much more a comparison and relationship of equals between the the two primary Pacific NW cities.
On the other hand, even though Tijuana has grown economically and in size in the last 50 years(and made some significant improvements), you could make the argument that Tijuana wouldn't be as large as it is weren't so close to San Diego. The two cities have much more of a symbiotic relationship--you have people commuting from one city to the next for work or shopping.
Tijuana isn't as bad as much of it's popular reputation makes it out to be---there are still some nice areas although the drug wars has now sullied it's reputation again. But Vancouver is an international destination and has one of the most beautiful cityscapes in North America(and the world).
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
10,745 posts, read 23,804,636 times
Reputation: 14660
Well, I'm glad to see a shot of optimism for the future of TJ and seeing its potential. TJ didn't do much for me, it only made me want to go further into Mexico as I know border towns are in a league of their own. I wouldn't doubt that it use to be nicer before the drug cartels started calling all the shots (figuratively and literally). Now word is that Monterrey, perhaps the most prosperous city in Mexico per capita, is falling prey to the cartels. Ciudad Juarez use to be a popular tourist stop, now it's one of the most dangerous cities in the world. I certainly hope the citizens and government in Mexico can shape up and run the violence out of town. Doesn't seem like it would be anytime soon though.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
