NO street signs/addresses in Nicaragua?

Regarding the lack of addresses. It's all in if you're familiar with the area or not. In 1962 I moved from Chicago to Perry, Georgia. Found a house for rent in the local paper at the newspaper office. Asked the news staff what the address was. I was told, "You go out the Hawkinsville road 'til you get to the Tuggle house. Across the road from the Tuggle house is a row of pecan trees. Go down that road 'til you get to the Davis house. The house you're looking for is next to the Davis house." After all these years in Georgia I give directions the same way. 911 emergency response necessities have given all of us addresses. They're a real advantage for newcomers. If you'd like to come for a visit: turn left at the big live oak tree, third house on the right.

Emm, she uh, emm, must be good on plow.

Hmmm, you seem know a lot about Nicaragua, you know, for a farmer in the US. You know, maybe it's a sign of an advanced society, that they don't need signs. Maybe signs are for Canadian and French savages? I know when I sleep walk, I don't need no stinking signs to know where the pop-tarts are...

Oh, and BTW, you want to get your senorita in the 25-27 range, preferably a law grad, with digs in MGA and La Boquita. You need to raise your bar a little higher.

The real tricky ones are the addresses that are based on landmarks that no longer exist. For example, "del Cine Cabrera dos cuadras abajo uno al lago". This uses a reference to a movie theatre that is now an evangelical church that was remodeled and bears no resemblance to a theatre. It is crazy but the collective memory of cab drivers and others generally put you right on the mark.

"sir, i am a clown fish, and i know funny!" this is it: http://www.nicaliving.com/node/9784

this thread, not so much...

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

"Congested highways, overflowing sewers and corroding bridges are constant reminders of the looming crisis that jeopardizes our nation's prosperity and our quality of life. With new grades for the first time since 2001, our nation's infrastructure has shown little to no improvement since receiving a collective D+ in 2001, with some areas sliding toward failing grades. The American Society of Civil Engineers' 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure..."

http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index2005.cfm

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11636517

And when that bridge falls, or that levee fails, at least you will know where you're going to send the emergency and rescue squad. And when that water main ruptures, and a sinkhole swallows your Ford F350, at least you will be able to tell the insurance co. exactly where it happened...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7137552/

But don't count on your elected representatives to give a damn about it, even if the U.S.P.S. knows where to deliver your written complaints.

Goes to show you, Buc, no place is perfect, but your concern is a valid one. I apologize if this is a bit off-topic, but implying that Nicaraguans are less than "savages", only good enough to be used, deserves an appropriate response.

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The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

-Antoine de Rivarol, epigrammatist (1753-1801)

Esteli has named streets and most importantly - signs. They also have attempted addresses. I don't know how widely the signs are used though. At least they are there, it's a rarity not just in Nicaragua but also in Central America.

These old 2002 city maps show the names them: Map1 Map2

buc10001 - maybe you should stay at home. If you can't find it on Google maps, then it must not exist.

Try to get a street address outside of the developed world. People just know where something is if it is essential to their lives.

Kind of a refreshing change.

Try Craigslist for your other needs.

and this is just one of them....but really, it's not that big of a deal/ problem. First, I think one needs to have a good sense of humor if they plan to spend any time here...it's kind of fun to go hunting for an aquaintance for the fist time looking for the green house 1/2 a block south of iglesia san juan (or whatever....) Also, there are some street names...i have just moved to a named street in Granada, though my house is not "blessed" with an actual house number, and the post office told me that I could not assign myself one....but I think I just might anyway! Also noticed new numbered streets (scrawled on the stop signs) in Masaya...but NO ONE uses those numbers as reference points. From what I understand streets stopped having names because it was a pain to change them as each "governing" party changed....first this war hero, then another as politics shifted. I don't think the lack of street names will truly hinder importan progress....maybe your idea of it, but progress truly comes in many forms.

Go 3 blocks South of INETER , then 4 blocks East and it's right across from the blue house