| The Western
Region of the border, stretching from San Diego and Tijuana
on the Pacific coast 150 miles east to Yuma and San Luis Rio
Colorado, is the most populated section of the boundary between
the United States and Mexico. Over four million people live
in Tijuana alone, and over eight million Hispanics dwell in
Southern California south of Los Angeles!
The cost of living in Southern California is extremely high,
requiring a church planter working there to receive nearly
$250,000 in annual salary just to survive!
As with other parts of the border, there is a tremendous
flow of people crossing the border daily, with as many of
60,000 people crossing from Tijuana to San Diego each day
to go to work.
There is quite a contrast in climates as well. From the pleasant
ocean climate of the coast to the scorching 120° heat
of the Sonoran desert around Mexicali and Yuma.
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