Farmbuck
When the area was building up in the mid-late 1800's, there was nobody here to pollute anything. People just dug outhouses and there was no medical waste. When TJ started building up, the infrastructure couldn't deal with the waste. Kind of a city planner issue. There was and is so much corruption that monies allocated by the US to help them build and maintain a treatment plant are largely in the hands of corrupt folks in whatever government is the TJ government. Lawsuits are all over the place.
We're still living with the stigma of being a city run by corrupt cops and meth dealers. It got so bad the cop department was disbanded, arrested, or convicted and the San Diego Sheriff's department took over. Ran out some of the more disreputable biker gangs. MS-13 has, for the most part, taken over the drug business. But I'll tell you what. I would rather fist bump or inquire on the family of one of my 'affiliated' friends than fist bump a biker, however well meaning. There are other beach communities in San Diego that still have their infamous drug cultures. But what was going on here was legendary.
10 miles up the coast are multi-million dollar homes with one of the best beaches in San Diego. Their drug problems are rampant as well, but they're rich. So it's okay. Three miles to the south in TJ, the drug problem is beyond anything. But they're poor. So it's okay. Get me? That's tongue-in-cheek.
Like I said, we don't advertise our water quality. It's bad for business.
True story. Filling up my water jug at a machine at the liquor store, a woman behind me says, "Look, honey! These people get their water out of a machine!" I turned around and saw she probably just stepped off her husband's yacht. A former trophy wife. Her clothes and skin were so bright white they made me look tan. The husband was only interested in the Johnnie Walker Blue Label.