Love the no bs attitude. It’s refreshing

Do NOT drink the faucet water. And do NOT drive there with low profile rims, the potholes WILL damage them.

There are sewers they just don’t have street drainage like in the USA

The thing that bugged me the most is when the water would go out so I invested in one of those huge water tanks you put on the roof of your house.

One thing I would add is that uber works really well in TJ, so there is no hard reason why anybody needs to drive in TJ. Also if you have Sentri and you keep your car on the other side you will have about zero wait time crossing. Some trolley stations have free parking

Everything you said is true. I lived on US side near Coronado ave in SD for over ten years and spent most weekends in Tijuana. I was denied a Sentri pass due to several misdemeanor arrests and three resulting convictions from 15 to 20 years prior otherwise I would have relocated to Playas although my rent was less than 1750 per month for a 2/1/1 duplex in SD when I left SD in January 2025.

Rest in peace to your dog who passed 🙏

Excellent video.
Thank you

To your point, I have crossed into the US in the ready lane in less than 10 minutes.  I've also waited over 5 hours.  It is unpredictable.  1 - 2 hours seems about average IMO.

I appreciate your channel.  Shortly after the covid times, I was able to rent a small apartment in Tijuana beaches for a year.   I wasn't there full time, but I visited a girlfriend on the weekends.   Your experiences ring true.  Very accurate.  I never took a car there, except for one time when I drove down to cabo San Lucas.  Global entry makes walking across easy.  But it also means taking taxis everywhere on the mexico side.  Amazing times and experiences.

Enjoy your channel! I spent 15 years commuting from corona, Ca to downtown Los Angeles 55 miles working in construction industry. Left home 5am start and 3:30 end generally speaking. 1 to 1.5 hr A.M. commute, 3 hr and not out of realm 4 hr commute afternoon Every Day 6 days a week.  So your wait time at the border would have been awesome in comparison. Retired in 2021 and still recovering from that commute😅

The wait to get a Sentri pass now is many months. When I first got mine in 2014,  it was quick, just a couple of weeks. The numerous speed bumps you don't see until you hit them and potholes take a toll on your car. I''ve been driving for 59 years (I'm 75), and this was the first time I ever had to replace engine mounts on a car. The periodic electrical brownouts and the lack of running water for a couple of days are also negative. Yet another negative is the dollar's collapse against the peso. Under Trump's second term, the drop from 21 pesos/dollar to 17 pesos/dollar has dramatically increased the cost of things here for Americans. Finally, due to all the new housing and high-rise condos in Playas Tijuana, traffic has become a problem, which it wasn't at all when I moved here in 2014.

Coming back to Mexico can take time. Sports cars with young drivers, trucks and vans have a better chance to get stopped entering Mexico. About all the Marijuana in TJ gets smuggled south along with cash, guns, and goods from Home Depot without declaring. Tijuana customs has a four car X-Ray machine to search for hidden "goods" .  Paying import tax involves leaving your vehicle and walking to an office there. Others get a free ride to 20. Carry cash.  All of this can take time and sometimes it is a breeze cruising south

I knew a lady who had a family and she would get up at 4 am and cross because of SD traffic… she had Sentri.   She had a Mexican husband

Do you know what a FMM is? Mandatory entry document for all foreign visitors, the enforcement has been very mild in the past, Como se dice Tijuana?

How is your Spanish?  Ever thought of doing a video going to the store and interacting with people there?

sorry for the loss of your dog

Sorry about your dog 😢 I’m in playas too looking to network with like minded people we should meet for a taco sometime

Do they have grey May ☁️ like SD???

Mexico is the 12th economy in the world, it is a wealthy country