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One thing I remember from living in Puerto Rico for a few years was the vans with huge loudspeakers on top that would go around blaring political messages. This
by irrational 5y ago
One thing I remember from living in Puerto Rico for a few years was the vans with huge loudspeakers on top that would go around blaring political messages. This was 30 years ago, so maybe it is different now. I’m so thankful that kind of thing doesn’t fly on the mainland.
- brimble 5y agoThis used to be a more common thing, including on the mainland. It's still depicted in TV and film, sometimes. There's a (probably intentionally goofily anachronistic) political ad van featured in Steven Universe, for instance. There's also one (in the "present day", that is, 1985) in Back to the Future.
- bombcar 5y agoThere's the scene from Blues Brothers where they promote their final concert; that's true to life from the time. Puerto Rico and much of Latin America is basically how the USA itself was in the 50s, so you get more of that. Blues Brothers also has an example of the elevated rumbling by every second of the night.