San Diego Escorts: Tijuana Was Once “Satan’s Playground”
July 20, 2010 at 10:24 pm | In San Diego escorts | No Comments… Satan’s Playground,” a new book by SDSU Professor Emeritus Paul Vanderwood, chronicles the rise and fall of the gambling industry that developed in and around Tijuana, particularly the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino, as prohibitions against alcohol, horse racing, gambling, and prostitution swept the United States.
MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I’m Maureen Cavanaugh. You’re listening to These Days on KPBS. The level of violence in Mexico over the trafficking of illegal drugs has exploded in the last few years. Fighting between drug cartels and between the cartels and Mexican authorities has resulted in thousands of deaths. It’s a situation that remains extremely dangerous. Given that background, it’s almost romantically nostalgic to remember an earlier time when Tijuana was thought of as an exciting escape for Californians. The 1920s was the era of prohibition in the United States, when it seemed everything was illegal up north and nothing was off limits across the border. During the 20’s and ’30s, Baja, California was the home to a famous resort for partygoers, celebr …
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