Why is Tijuana the largest Mexican border metro area?

Your question assumes Tijuana is the largest Mexican border city; that is incorrect, Ciudad Juarez has been the largest for a long time, with Tijuana now a close second. read more

Your question assumes Tijuana is the largest Mexican border city; that is incorrect, Ciudad Juarez has been the largest for a long time, with Tijuana now a close second. Tijuana has been growing faster lately, a major factor I think is that security improved there while Juarez went down, and the second factor as Pamela said, San Diego being larger than all other USA border cities is a bigger attractor. read more

With a population of approximately five million people, the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area accounts for 40% of the United States - Mexico border population. The metropolitan area experiences the largest rates of growth in an urban area that stretches from Los Angeles to Tijuana. read more