Talk:Tijuana

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The Zona Norte includes the red light district, which need not be highlighted considering the site's policy on sex tourism information. However, the red light district and the main tourist district largely overlap. Do we want to locate the red light district so as to warn tourists about how easy it will be to accidentally stumble onto it if they don't know where it is? - Tim

And also, extreme budget tourists will find the cheapest hotels in this zone. These are reasonably safe, based on what I've read, and so mentioning them might be legitmately helpful to many travellers. But we can hardly recommend these places without explaining what they will be in the middle of if they choose to stay there.

So, I think the Wikitravel:Sex tourism policy isn't really about blackholing zonas rosas. The point is that it's not really gonna get us towards our goals to list the best houses in the zona rosa, who the best girls are, how to solicit a prostitute, what services to ask for, prices, times, etc.

I think if there's non-sex tourism information that can be given, even if it's in the zona rosa, that's not only acceptable but desirable. We're not prudes -- we're just not pimps. B-) --Evan 16:29, 21 Dec 2003 (PST)

(For the person who changed rosa to roja in above paragraphs: the name for a legal prostitution area in Mexico is zona rosa.) --Evan 10:18, 19 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[edit] Districts?

I'm not sure Tijuana needs districts, what say? 2 of the 4 say in their intro that they're primarily residential... and I'm guessing not much of interest for the traveler. I think Tijuana could, even when it's guide/star quality, be contained on one page - Cacahuate 03:08, 21 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Police in Tijuana

There is no problem with the police in Tijuana. When I visited the city for a week in 2003, I walked all over the town -- including the tourist-trap area and the infamous Zona Norte (North Zone) -- the red light district.

The police didn't bother me at all. The only people I had to watch out for were the wasted Gringos who cross the border to look for trouble.

Tijuanenses as a group are very nice people and the town is interesting and colourful especially if you get away from Revolucion Ave. Hop on local buses...best way to get around.

As long as you treat everyone with respect, you will get ahead. Maybe my experience is biased because I'm a native Spanish speaker, don't act or look like a loudmouth Gringo. StephanieNYC 16:35, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

There is a huge problem with police shake downs as people walk to the border crossing. It's common to be frisked and wallet searched, and to discover later that bills have been removed. —The preceding comment was added by 69.28.102.101 (talk • contribs) 1 May 2007.