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I'd rather have roads fixed than labeled. CR has the worst roads in the OECD but the roads in the GAM are much much better than where I live. Last time I was in

I'd rather have roads fixed than labeled. CR has the worst roads in the OECD but the roads in the GAM are much much better than where I live. Last time I was in Atenas, I noticed they have street signs. Gee, I wonder why. For the Americans out there, I have to look at a Facebook page to see if a road near me is open or flooded too much to pass. Otherwise, I have to go an hour around. People use Waze and other stuff to find places and there isn't a lot of letter sending these days, so while I agree with you that brushing this off as culture is an excuse for the corruption, I don't really see this as one of our top challenges either. not much point in knowing where you're going if you can't get there

smallerfish 4y ago
> I have to look at a Facebook page to see if a road near me is open or flooded too much to pass We also had 300" of rain last year, which is ...pretty extreme. I thought the infrastructure held up remarkably well given the rainfall.
throwawaylinux 4y ago
A lot of places in tropical / monsoonal climates get seasonal flooding and roads regularly becoming impassible with flooding and slips and washouts etc, even in "developed" countries. I imagine places that get a lot of snow have similar issues. That doesn't make precise and unambiguous addresses less important than in other parts of the world!
- garbagecoder 4y ago
  Not saying it does, but we can't afford to do everything. The OECD has said the roads are a huge drag on our growth. The biggest problem was a massive corruption scandal surrounding the improvement of the main highway for the whole country. It's getting done, but years late.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    Presumably the choice is not roads or sane addresses though. Costa Rica is an upper-middle income country with the GDP per capita of China, for crying out loud. And poor addressing systems are also considered to have a huge economic drag.

smallerfish 4y ago

> I have to look at a Facebook page to see if a road near me is open or flooded too much to pass We also had 300" of rain last year, which is ...pretty extreme. I thought the infrastructure held up remarkably well given the rainfall.

throwawaylinux 4y ago

A lot of places in tropical / monsoonal climates get seasonal flooding and roads regularly becoming impassible with flooding and slips and washouts etc, even in "developed" countries. I imagine places that get a lot of snow have similar issues. That doesn't make precise and unambiguous addresses less important than in other parts of the world!

garbagecoder 4y ago
Not saying it does, but we can't afford to do everything. The OECD has said the roads are a huge drag on our growth. The biggest problem was a massive corruption scandal surrounding the improvement of the main highway for the whole country. It's getting done, but years late.
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  Presumably the choice is not roads or sane addresses though. Costa Rica is an upper-middle income country with the GDP per capita of China, for crying out loud. And poor addressing systems are also considered to have a huge economic drag.