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[1frankyg]

Hello to every one! New to Tijuana for about four months now. Born here in Tijuana raised in the U.S of A. Now I reside here with my Beautifull wife and our "sometimes", four great kids. It is really a difficult transition for all of us but mainley for the kids. With the language barrier and the really strange neighborhoods (no grass, no front yards etc.) It makes it really difficult for them to make any friends. We stay in Soler, Col. Los Altos. But we are looking for a neighborhood like the states. So if any body knows of a Americaized area my wife and I would really appriciate it. This seems like a great website, glad we came across it. God bless all of you.

[Keyno]

Welcome to the forum!

ciao

Keyno

[HK70]

Yes the lack of lawns, parks etc sure would make it tough being a kid. But I guess that is city life. I have yet to vetnure to any of the parks in TJ.

[Cyanide41]

Welcome to the site Frank! The only houses I know of with "yards" are around the golf course. You will find the largest American population in Playas.

[otayBill]

Hello Welcome,

You'll find the most 'Americanized' areas in the gated communities on the beach. Where I live in the Chapultepec/Hippodromo area the houses have yards in the back. No front yards.

[Tjc-tahc]

Hello to every one! New to Tijuana for about four months now. Born here in Tijuana raised in the U.S of A. Now I reside here with my Beautiful wife and our "sometimes", four great kids. It is really a difficult transition for all of us but mainly for the kids. With the language barrier and the really strange neighborhoods (no grass, no front yards etc.) It makes it really difficult for them to make any friends. We stay in Soler, Col. Los Altos. But we are looking for a neighborhood like the states. So if any body knows of a Americanized area my wife and I would really appreciate it. This seems like a great website, glad we came across it. God bless all of you.

Frank
If I may be so forward do you live here because of a paper problem, can the kids cross?
It is a different world from the USA but If its in your budget some of the private schools will give you the feeling of a safe US life.
Some schools speak and teach only English. you can speak Spanish at the school but not in the class rooms.

There are a lot of family's that cross every morning taking their kids to school in San Diego.(cheapest way)

TJC

[eclipse]

frank, I'm living here with my 3 kids - mostly younger than yours - 9, 7, and 4. My kids are homeschooled through a charter school in the states, so they've not made a lot of friends here either. My neighborhood does have some front yards (my house does, but like most of them, there is a tall fence around it. You can see and talk to people through it, but it doesn't make it easy to play) and sometimes kids play in the street (kicking balls, riding bikes) but there aren't really a lot of kids on my block, or at least they aren't out playing a lot. We do have an 8 yo boy moving in next door when his dad is done renovating the house they just bought, but that won't be for a few months (but my kids have played with him and he speaks great English, so they had lots of fun). What are your kids doing for school? I'd guess if they're crossing everyday to schools in San Diego, it might be hard to make friends here like it is for my kids being homeschooled. Like a PP said, though, they do have some really good, affordable by US standards, private English only and Bilingual schools. The man moving in next door was even telling me that the public school down the street from us is actually a very good school, though it would be difficult for kids coming in knowing very little Spanish.

I also wanted to add that we're walking distance from Parque Amistad. There's not much going on there during the week, but if we manage to stop in on the weekend, there are tons of kids running around and riding their bikes. Even with the language barrier, my kids usually find someone to play with. Since you were born here, I assume you speak Spanish - so if your kids find anyone at a playground they're getting along with, it might be easy for you to chat up their parents and see if you can keep your kids in touch.