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Even when streets do have names, few know what they are. My girlfriend recently saw an official map of her hometown???Masaya, Nicaragua?and discovered that the street where she had grown up in fact has a name: Calle Palo Blanco. But if you tell a taxi driver "Calle Palo Blanco," all you will get is a blank stare. So we still give the more common address ("From the San Jeronimo Shell Station, 2 1/2 blocks down"). And off we go without further question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Managua | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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