Tijuana

The picture above is Tijuana, Mexico from the shores of Imperial beach. It's really not all that far away. In fact, their untreated sewage flows into the Tijuana River Estuary. The plumes can be see in a satellite photo (or by plane) wrapping all the way up to Mission Bay. It's a little scary really. Yet, the Estuary, with its wildlife sanctuary is one of the most charming, quiet and peaceful places in San Diego County. It's hard to image that all that crowding is just across the water from it or that all that wildlife can co-exist with all that pollution. Of course, a lot of the the crazy sprawl across the border is spawned by the incredible urbanization and wealth on the San Diego side of the border and the resulting businesses and trade that result. So I suppose any finger pointing inevitably points backwards as well as forward.