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David K
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Keep in mind that is the beach for the city of Tijuana to use, looks about normal for a big city beach.
How come nobody is crying about people driving on that beach (where it could actually hurt somebody)? 
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Keep in mind that is the beach for the city of Tijuana to use, looks about normal for a big city beach. |
It was sure busy on Labor Day Sunday - the same day that the Bottle Throwing Bonanza took place down in Mission Beach/San Diego!! Something like 22
people were arrested in that incident...
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Iflyfish
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So many Mexico's and so little time! Thanks for this great post of a place I have never been. Looks like a blast.
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How come nobody is crying about people driving on that beach (where it could actually hurt somebody)? |
It's a matter of time DK. We must remember when the Rosarito beach looked like that (Guilty here as I used to enjoy the fun).
Then beachgoers were killed by beach racers.
baja1000 and families on the beach don't mix.
It does look like a great time though. Pollution aside.
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oldhippie
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Driving on the beach in TJ is normally not allowed and the lifeguards will chase you down. If you look at the picture I posted of the crowded beach
you'll see just lifeguard vehicles. On big weekends they focus upon keeping the swimmers safe. They are well equipped with new trucks and jet skies to
respond to incidents. The beach is about five miles long and things are a bit looser at the south end because it is not guarded. The north end is
where all the families go. There are only three ways to get a vehicle down the bluff to the beach and the trails at mid beach, where I live, and south
beach will soon be closed off due to development. The north entrance is what the lifeguards use and it is policed.
Pollution is a problem especially if it has recently rained. A US federal judge has recently ordered that the debate about how to fix the pollution
problem must come to an end and that the treatment plant in the US be expanded. Most of the single point sources along the coastline in the TJ area
have been closed off and the runoff is being collected into a new storm system and piped to an outfall at punta Banderas.
There are many dilapidated buildings along the beach at the north end near the bullring because they are now essentially worthless. The federal
exclusion zone has been remapped and because of erosion, development along the beach at that end has been frozen. In the US they would be condemmed
and torn down. It appears it doesn't work that way here.
I invested a sizable chunk of change into a beachfront house here so naturally I'm a booster of the area. It is improving every day. There are huge
houses being built along the bluff at the south end. And it's not Americans building the houses, it's rich Mexicans. TJ is the fastest growing city in
Mexico. If you wait until things are perfect, the good deals will be gone. It's a great place, especially if for personal reasons you must stick close
to the US. I've left my house and gotten onto I-5 in 20 minutes using my Sentri pass, where beachfront houses cost two or three times as much.
[Edited on 9-26-2007 by oldhippie]
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David K
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Thanks for the good information!
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