Angry TJ rant!

That dude's story is 20 years old and he went to the general hospital... WHERE THERE IS FREE HEALTHCARE (unlike the USA). But of course, free means also means shitty. Tons of poor people there. So yeah... he went to a shitty place. When he could have easily cabbed to a way nicer hospital and spent less than $100 on his bill for a top notch facility.

Food places are of the highest quality. And there is no dead bloated dude next to you. Those happen in shitty dive bars (which can also be great). Food has been covered internationally and is a growing scene. The same with breweries and wineries.

Like I mentioned, there are both extremes in this city and you can find them both almost next to each other (which is insane). So yeah.. Basically next to a mansion where millionaires live, there is a heroin shack a block away.

The lies being spread around is that Tijuana is good for only a couple of things, getting murdered or cheap whores (so I guess it's not a lie, but just a shitty truth that gets propagated more than the good things, yes, crime is still an issue here, it is in every big city). When there is much much more to that.

It's like people going to NYC having a horrible time and saying, fuck that place, it smells like shit, its crowded, its dangerous and it has nothing to offer. Of course a NYC local can't refute any of those things, because they are all true. However, everyone knows that NYC has much more to often than just the shitty aspect of it. You catch my drift?

I've toured over 100 people here and everyone has left amazingly happy and blown away by how awesome this place is. Of course I did not take them to the shitholes, because that would be a bad tour guide (I have done that to those who requested, because again, it is the truth, but only a small portion of this city).

I am sorry I'm being such an asshole, this thread took the worst out of me. I swear I am usually not like this. If you ever come visit, free tour on me. I don't even know if I want to continue doing that, I have a different career that doesn't stress me out like trying to convince people that Tijuana is in fact, great.

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