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Living in Tijuana And Working In San Diego? |
Travel Info I'm looking into living in Tijuana, and working in San diego, I'm a legal US citizen, born and raised actually in Iowa. Honestly, how dangerous is the place? The rent is quite a bit cheaper and driving to work in San Diego everyday wouldnt be bad. I would just have to have a decent clean place, and also not worry about getting stabbed when I walk out to my car in the morning. I've just heard so many bad things, but I'm doubting all of them are true. So I'm looking for some honest opinions or if you live in Tijuana and work in San diego that would be even better. Thanks! Travel Tips TJ isn't as dangerous as it is made out to be. Most of the violence involves rival drug cartels and citizens involved in that trade. Occasionally innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire but it's really not any worse than the crime in New Orleans or Detroit. Americans are generally safe and bad incidents rarely happen to them. But crazy stories do come out of that place, the movie Traffic is very accurate. If you go to this site you can see the news from what goes on there: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexic... I;ve never lived there and only go there every couple of months so I can't give you the perspective from someone who actually does that. You can try craigslist to find people that live in TJ and work in SD that can share their experiance, not sure how many of those type of people will be on Y! answers. Anyways, from what I hear in the news commuting from TJ to SD really sucks. The border crossing is congested so much and wait times to get across in a car can take up to 2-3 hours. Many TJ residents spend up to 4 hours commuting from TJ to SD b/c the border crossing is so small and out of date. It all kind of depends on what time you cross the border too. Even walking across can take up to an hour b/c the line gets so long. Honestly i don't think it's something you want to do. If you know spanish and maybe knew people in TJ or at least South County near the border it might be doable, but going on it alone and coming from Iowa might be a bit much. I'm mexican but don't know spanish and I wouldn't feel comfortable living there b/c I can't really communicate with everyone, many people do know english there but mainly in the tourist sections. The biggest drawback would be the commute though, it will take you at least an hour just to get across during peak times. You might want to consider communties right along the border on the US side like Imperial Beach, San Ysidro, and Chula Vista b/c it's pretty much like TJ in terms of the demographics. Imperial Beach is pretty nice, not too expensive, and you can see TJ 2 miles away. Others You can't generalize about Tijuana there are some nice neighborhoods, its just the worst are way worse than in San Diego, at least in a sense of trash, bad streets, odd houses that you can't tell if they are being built or being demolished, etc. The crossing wait can be an hour or so, more on holidays, so you might spend a gallon per day (at $3.50) so add that to the rent savings. If you get a quote on rent, you need to see the place before you think its a good deal. Check prices versus what rents in Chula Vista or Imperial Beach would be. It sounds like a drag and a drain of energy to me, to cross every day especially if you don't have any family, social network or real reason to be there. The border crossing is likely to get worse when they start to make passports mandatory to cross. dont do it it is not worth the 3 hour wait time at the border crossing i hope you have a boss that is understanding if you come into work late because of border delays T.J. can be a lot of fun. As for scary stories - most all are just stories - If it didn't happen to the person telling the story then it probably didn't happen. Driving (or walking) across the border every morning is the problem. Sure your idea is good, I know people who did just that in the late 80's and early 90's. But getting over the border was much faster then. You can rent a big place and hire a maid and a cook for less than a average one bedroom in San Diego. I have spent a lot of time in T.J. The rules are simple 1st Be Polite 2nd Obey the laws 3rd Don't do anything you would not do in the U.S. I almost forgot - you will need to learn Spanish if you want to get along well. |
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