In San Jose and throughout its suburbs, there are no street signs at all. I don't even know what street my house is on. It's all by landmarks and how many feet you are away from them. Sometimes it's even by the family's last name. For example, the program headquarters are located 75 meters from the Farmicia on the right in San Pedro. My house is located next to an auto mechanic garage called "Mulfasa". I got into a taxi and instead of telling him the intersection of what street I wanted to be dropped off at like I would back home, I just told him Cedros and the name of the auto garage and he knew exactly where that was!
Just a few weeks ago, San Jose installed it's first ever street sign in the downtown area. All the Costa Ricans have been upset and are protesting it. They figure they have been fine without street signs for this long, why add them now? City officials say they installed the first street sign as an attempt to make it easier for tourists. Shouldn't tourists adapt to Costa Rican customs when they visit and accept that San Jose doesn't have street signs? It's part of their way of life and as foreigners we need to embrace it.
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