¿Sanjuana o Tidiego?

El New York Times presenta un interesante artículo sobre la integración urbana. ¿Dónde termina una ciudad? ¿Dónde termina París? Pues desde la estación Waterloo de Londres es sólo un viaje largo de metro... El diario presenta el caso de Tijuana y San Diego

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Luis J. Jimenez for The New York Times At the perpetually jammed Tijuana crossing, one of the world’s busiest, cars frequently wait two hours or more to enter the United States.

The New York Times

San Diego and Tijuana are connected in a variety of ways.

Promising an investigation of the diplomatic brouhaha, the American ambassador, Antonio O. Garza Jr., reassured the Mexicans, who are livid that the barrier is going up in the first place, that any improper step across the line was unintentional. “The U.S. is sensitive to Mexican concerns,” Mr. Garza said.

The accusation involved an episode in February east of here, near the Mexican border city of Agua Prieta and the Arizona town of Douglas. But it drove home a point that might be more evident in Tijuana than anywhere else: the border is a blurry one, no matter what barriers may be going up to keep people from illegally crossing it.

A case in point is Kurt Honold Morales, a citizen and resident of both countries, who drives his Mercedes sports utility vehicle with California plates around Tijuana, where he works.

Mr. Honold, a 46-year-old telecommunications executive, recently became the mayor of Tijuana, when the elected mayor resigned to run for governor and Mr. Honold, a business associate and the mayor’s No. 2, stepped in to fill the unexpired term.

“We’re connected, border or no border,” Mr. Honold said, noting that his children go to San Diego schools and that his family has held season tickets for the San Diego Chargers for more than 30 years.

On a host of issues, there is no separating San Diego, the largest city along the border, from Tijuana, the biggest municipality on the Mexican side...