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rhintransit
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Not mine, but sharing from FB because it fits
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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JZ
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That could have been stated with about 50 less words.
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chippy
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and it would have been more relevant 40 years ago.
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John Harper
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There is always here.
John
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David K
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Great!
This applies to many parts of the U.S., as well.
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bajarich
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I don't wish more rain and floods on the people of Baja, but a few more big chubascos can go a long way toward restoring there back to there again.
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BajaBlanca
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I really like it here! So there!
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Lee
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Elementary and parochial.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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motoged
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I did not realize we had so many Rhode Scholars on Nomads 
Maybe it needs to be broken down into briefer paragraphs so some would get it....
Whatever you cunning linguists might say, I agree with the sentiment of the piece....and as Blanca said, "So there" 
Don't believe everything you think....
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AKgringo
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Hear hear for there!
Edit; Since 'here' is northern CA right now, 'there' would be in Baja!
[Edited on 12-12-2019 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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MrBillM
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Good and Bad Here and There
The reasons for attraction are as myriad as there are those attracted. On this forum, the balance weighs heavily in favor of those who moved south
and have embraced the foreign culture (including its many different standards or lack thereof) while there are a minority with more transactional
views and there are those representing a mixture.
As one who originally came to Baja (as an adult on High School Grad Night) for the delightful corruption in TJ, later for the fishing and adventure
exploring unknown territories and finally for the reasonable residency with the ocean steps away, I accepted (as opposed to embraced) the culture and
corruption.
As I've remarked often over the years (in various wordings), "Baja could be Czechoslovakia as far as I'm concerned so long as I could live next to the
ocean a few hours from home".
Of course, that Cyrillic alphabet would take some getting used to. And, I'm not so sure about their cuisine, but I've never cared much for
Mexican food, either.
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Salsa
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I like Mexican food the way it is. 
Please don't turn it into something else .
You are in Mexico, don't change it.
Don
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Marc
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Quote: Originally posted by lencho  |
Sacrilegious as it might sound, I agree with you... well, sort of, because a lot of "Mexican" food we're served is like cardboard and grease, which
isn't very appealing.
There's little legitimate traditional Mexican food available on the Baja Peninsula, but if you get into southern corn country where legitimate
nixtamal is appreciated, it becomes apparent how the culture has survived for generations on a staple diet of corn and tortillas. I can
hardly stand to eat what are served as tortillas in most places these days. 
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Mexican food? Tortillas, tacos, and that type are historically Indian, Mestizo, and 'cowboy' foods. Try ordering that stuff in a reasonably good
Mexico City restaurant.
That being said I think we are having chicken enchiladas tonight. Compliments of Trader Joes.
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Lee
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | Don't get me wrong, I do, too; what I'm saying is that unless you've spent much time on the Mainland or lived in Mexico before
Salinas de Gortari screwed with corn distribution, you may not be aware how different current Baja "Mexican" food is from traditional fare...
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Are you splitting hairs here? Traditional mainland fare vs. Baja MX food?
Baja has it's own traditional MX fare and TJ, Ensenada, La Paz, and San Jose del Cabo can easily compete with anything on the mainland.
Nothing on the mainland compares to Puebla and Oaxaca mole but doubt anyone on the mainland would compare these regions to others.
Looks like a class issue.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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pacificobob
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Someone needs a thesaurus
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BajaTed
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As my daddy taught me, people come from there to be here(baja) cuz they got a reason they can't be back there.
About the same percentage as the chronic homeless up here.
Es Todo Bueno
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MrBillM
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A Matter of Fare Taste
As I have said a few times over the years:
"The best Mexican dish that I ever tasted was called Maria".
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Udo
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I was the one who originally posted this on Facebook. The first post was made by Baja's Carol Mears. The page originally had a different state instead
of Baja. I was unable to figure out how to change the original name to Baja, so I enlisted another friend, Sharon Heafey who is a word processing
genius, and she changed the word to Baja.
This is posted on several Baja Facebook forums and in the Rosarito FB page the moderator finally turned off the comments because so many were coming
in.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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David K
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Wife of Baja off road racing legend, Roger Mears (Jeep Honcho and Nissan Frontier)?
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yumawill
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The moment you pitch your tent here you have left there. Now you begin to interject yourself and your culture into the here and now . Your language
and your hair style. Then you change the menu. The tortillas are never the same after that. Then the taco filling. It never ends...OMG! This sounds
like GMO food ! What have we done. An alteration of space and time has occurred.
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