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Violence up in Baja – especially for journalists
Tijuana is a city with close to 2 million people, so of course there will be some robberies, murders, kidnappings, etc. I live in San Diego and we have those things as well. That being said, I would not set foot in Tijuana right now. I use to go almost every other week from the time I was 16 until about 26 (three years ago). Why would I go there? Because my friends and I would like the excitement of the fights, the drinking, and partying until the next morning. Tijuana is very very dangerous. We have seen stabbings, shootings, beatings, and this is in what is considered the "high class" clubs and bars. Frankly I know that if I go to the Gaslamp, get drunk, get in a fight, the worse that can happen is maybe an overnight stay in the drunk tank or a black eye. But in Tijuana, the risk of being shot or stabbed or killed is 10 times more likely. Im not a hermit who sits at home and reports on what I've seen on the evening news, I have seen it first hand. Staying away from Tijuana now is not being a coward, it is being smart. If I am going to put my life in that much danger, then I will do it for my country in Iraq or Afghanistan, but not for a $2 Corona beer in Tijuana. Peace.— August 10, 2008 1:59 p.m.