Leaving Tijuana
Baja California license plates like this one are frequent sights in Chula Vista’s upscale neighborhood of Eastlake. A resident of this cul-de-sac said 90% of the houses are occupied by businesspeople from Tijuana. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
The pool at the Clubhouse at The Woods, a community center for Eastlake residents. I always say that Eastlake is the city with the highest standard of living in all of Mexico,” says a San Diego-based attorney with many Mexican emigre clients. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Jorge Bayon, 18, at an Eastlake shopping center. His father has a business in Tijuana but moved out two years ago. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Vasquez, 54, prepares a salad at Romesco restaurant in Bonita, an unincorporated community adjacent to Chula Vista. A longtime waiter in Tijuana, he came north to escape the drug violence. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
On a recent day, the box for Frontera, a Tijuana-based newspaper, was empty by late afternoon in an Eastlake shopping center. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
