What difference does a border make?

The dictionary defines a border as an edge or part near an edge; margin the second definition of a border is a dividing line between two countries, two states, two provinces etc. I define a border as an imaginary line that causes more problems than its worth. When I was little I would go down to Tijuana with my mom. Every time I would go the same question would pop into my head and it’s the same question that I ask myself to this very day, “when you cross the border into Mexico or any border for that matter why do things look so different?” To me, things looked dirty when you first get there. Then as you went deeper in to the country there was a beat, a culture that wasn’t like the states. It wasn’t better or worse, it was just different.
Things are different; each country is different, each person in that country is different. When you cross a border into another country you will notice differences right away maybe it’s what there saying or how there saying it, but nine times out of ten what they are saying is different then what you’re used to. Sometimes the reason why thing are different is because in that country it’s the way it always has been, it’s the language they speak or the accent they have when they talk, for example when you go to Tijuana in a car through the U.S.-Mexico border and get out of the car you will probably hear Spanish which is not English, the English you do hear may have a Spanish accent on it. Sometimes the reason why things are different has more to do with the government then the people. In México there are wonderful things and there are things that are not so wonderful. In the U.S. there are good things and there are not so good things. The last time I went to México things looked better and cleaner. You could really tell that the government is trying to make México a better place for its people. I remember when things were not like that, the streets were cracked, there was trash every where, and there were tons of homeless. In America if the streets were cracked you would expect the city to send someone to repave the roads, trash is expected to be picked up by sanitary workers, and the homeless normally have a shelter to go to or at least a park bench. Mexico is a trying to make its country more tourists friendly and has made many strides in the right direction. The government is cracking down on drugs and crimes. Mexico is rich in culture, music, and it has a lot to offer. Mexico has a beat that can’t be copied. It moves at a rapid speed yet its people are friendly and loud.
There is no doubt that México and the U.S. are different. Both are very lovable and have there pros and cons to living there. Each have there own beat and there on the way of living. One country is not better then the other, they are just different. The way that I see it is that no matter where you go across the border or across the street it will be different but hopefully you can see good in it and like it or even love it then see the bad and learn how to respect it.