A remote and blazingly hot desert seems an unlikely location for a big city, but Baja California's second largest city has grown up in just such an environment. Mexicali (meh-hee-CAH-lih) is an unlikely metropolis developed as a market center for surrounding farms in the early 20th century. Visitors from across the border were attracted by legalized alcohol and gambling as well as by land speculation, and maquiladoras, foreign-owned businesses established in Mexican border areas because of low production costs, further bolstered the economy. Learn More...
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