Some interesting facts about San Diego that you might not guess...

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• San Diego is the oldest continuously lived in city on the West Coast
• San Diego has the busiest border crossing in the world with 54 million crossings recorded in 2002
• San Diego is first in the nation, if not the world, for number of military personnel and base operations
• San Diego has the most Ph.D.s per capita of any major U.S. city
• San Diego is the Golf Capital of the World…more golf clubs and equipment manufacturing than anywhere else!!!
• San Diego has the largest wooden structure in the U.S. – the Hotel del Coronado on Coronado Island
• San Diego was named home to the nation’s most beautiful people in Travel + Leisure magazine poll



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