User blog comment:Scandinator/Pre History of the Chronicles of the War/@comment-4207136-20110910025935/@comment-1310192-20110910030452

Actually, only a small fraction of Mexico's trade comes through the Pacific, and that comes mostly from the south, so no. The actual reason Baja is so preferred is because it has a larger border with the US than with any other Mexican state.

Also, you can't place this in here until 2029, really. This is an alternate history wiki, not a future history one.