https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/...ana-218835



"...Tijuana has in many ways been a success story since the 1990s—and at least some of that success owes to the border walls. Over the years, the walls, along with bulked-up security, have imposed order on a chaotic border, where extortion, rape and robbery had been common. More broadly, the walls were the first nudge that forced the city to focus inward and wean itself, over many years, from its dependence on easy money from elsewhere. Eight former polleros I spoke with for this story, including Raul, told me that after the walls went up, their smuggling business began to taper off; they no longer facilitate illegal crossings. (Illegal immigrant apprehensions at the southwest border overall have dropped by more than 70 percent in that time, from well north of 1 million annually in the late 1990s to about 300,000 in the 2017 fiscal year.)..."

"Border Patrol apprehensions in San Diego fell from more than half a million in 1994 to 138,000 a decade later—and to just 26,000 last year...."

"Today, Tijuana’s population is more than 1.6 million; its unemployment hovers around 2 percent (compared with a national average of about 3.5 percent); and the city is enjoying a construction boom. It has also deepened its economic ties with San Diego, which is connected to the Tijuana airport by a walkway. Residents of each city attend concerts and sporting events in the other. At the port of entry in San Ysidro, part of the city of San Diego, the Las Americas Premium Outlets bustle with shoppers, many of whom cross legally from Tijuana. Tijuana pharmacies and hospitals survive largely off Americans coming south for cheaper medication or procedures. Meanwhile, San Ysidro remains the busiest land border crossing in the world—for legal migrants...."

MTGA

If Tijuana is a success story now, I would hate to see what it used to be like. I was there in October and it was the worst place I've ever been. Probably 50 hookers per block, most of them as ugly as the city itself.

(06-26-2018 07:05 PM)Niner National Wrote:  If Tijuana is a success story now, I would hate to see what it used to be like. I was there in October and it was the worst place I've ever been. Probably 50 hookers per block, most of them as ugly as the city itself.

don't get me started......I've posted quite a bit of stuff over the years about my 15 trips to that shitehole......and I stayed at the Pueblo Amigo (where Bush stayed) every time and had a driver.......

I hate repeating myself.......that story is so full of shite it isn't close to being funny stupid....

edit: here's one I didn't previously share.....I had a guy offer his wife for 'service' once they added the casino......no BS.....ol' boy even took a knee and watched.......