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Someone please drive into San Diego from Tijuana on the 5 and repeat the bolded to themselves and try to keep a straight face. Or even north out of the city on the 5 past Solana Beach.
If D.C. can be important because of federal government functions then San Diego can certainly be from the border crossing (San Ysidro is in SD city limits).
If Denver, Portland, or Minneapolis have something on the level of the San Ysidro border crossing I"m all ears.
Lamo. TJ is crap dump, Mexico border town, who's economy REVOLVES around being next to San Diego. If TJ had at least a major port, or did not have a drug smuggling economy, you may have a case - convoluted as it may be.
That's like trying to prop up El Paso with Juarez.
Anywho, DC is a large metro with 6 million people that has swallowed Baltimore into it's CSA. Its the southern terminous of the Bos-Wash corridor. Nevermind being the administrative capitol of our nation, generating tons of commerce.
San Diego is a second rate, two-bit metro. Not remotely prime time, despite elite location.
Lamo. TJ is crap dump, Mexico border town, who's economy REVOLVES around being next to San Diego. If TJ had at least a major port, or did not have a drug smuggling economy, you may have a case - convoluted as it may be.
That's like trying to prop up El Paso with Juarez.
Anywho, DC is a large metro with 6 million people that has swallowed Baltimore into it's CSA. Its the southern terminous of the Bos-Wash corridor. Nevermind being the administrative capitol of our nation, generating tons of commerce.
San Diego is a second rate, two-bit metro. Not remotely prime time, despite elite location.
You should do a bit of research on Tijuana. It’s a huge manufacturer of medical devices, electronics, and auto parts, to name a few. It’s the number one city in Mexico and Latin America for exported manufactured goods. Drug smuggling economy? You watch too much tv.
Lamo. TJ is crap dump, Mexico border town, who's economy REVOLVES around being next to San Diego. If TJ had at least a major port, or did not have a drug smuggling economy, you may have a case - convoluted as it may be.
That's like trying to prop up El Paso with Juarez.
Anywho, DC is a large metro with 6 million people that has swallowed Baltimore into it's CSA. Its the southern terminous of the Bos-Wash corridor. Nevermind being the administrative capitol of our nation, generating tons of commerce.
San Diego is a second rate, two-bit metro. Not remotely prime time, despite elite location.
Its a 1.9 million city with pro sports, perfect weather, coast and the #5 international airport in Mexico. More medical devices are manufactured there than anywhere in North America.
Not really important though, as I didn't cite Tijuana to boost them nor did I make a direct D.C.-San Diego comparison.
I'm just saying if D.C. boosters can use federal government functions to claim that it is a NY/LA level city (which they do), then things like the Border crossing and the Navy would seem to be fair game for San Diego to put it ahead of Denver or Minneapolis.
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Well, you put the cutoff at Atlanta (38th largest city in the US) and Miami (43rd). San Diego is way up there as the 8th largest city in the country, so it would be peculiar to leave it out. How could a city of 460k be "major" while a city of 1.4 million is not?
Not saying San Diego isn't a major city (it certainly is), but this is a bad analogy. Municipal boundaries don't mean much in determining how major a city is given city boundaries are completely arbitrary. If you made both Miami or Atlanta the same physical size of San Diego proper, they would both have the same or larger population than San Diego. Or the inverse, it would be silly to say that Jacksonville is more important than San Francisco because it has more people due to a large municipal boundary.
Lamo. TJ is crap dump, Mexico border town, who's economy REVOLVES around being next to San Diego. If TJ had at least a major port, or did not have a drug smuggling economy, you may have a case - convoluted as it may be.
Not true, at all. There are many nice areas in Tijuana, and luxury highrise condos are going up in several Districts. There are multiple charming neighborhoods. There is a ton of interchange that's goes on between the two, and it is one large urban area. Tijuana is an important city in Mexico in it's own right as well, though.
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That's like trying to prop up El Paso with Juarez.
Which have the same symbiotic relationship as San Diego & Tijuana.
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Anywho, DC is a large metro with 6 million people that has swallowed Baltimore into it's CSA. Its the southern terminous of the Bos-Wash corridor. Nevermind being the administrative capitol of our nation, generating tons of commerce.
While this is true on paper, most Baltimoreans strongly reject this and don't agree. The two feel totally different and separate still, and in real life they are.
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San Diego is a second rate, two-bit metro. Not remotely prime time, despite elite location.
This is just ridiculous, and doesn't warrant a serious response.
I mean, I have always thought of it as a major city? Then again, its most likeable aspect is that it’s a pretty quiet place.
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