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Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses? by eatsyourtacos on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:46PM (#34999974)
I live in a semi-rural area and my wife tells me how to get to places in relations to the animals I'll pass.

"Take a left at the cows, then keep going but if you hit the llamas you've gone too far."

Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses? by bombcar on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:51PM (#35000032)
I'm in a similar area and I'm always a bit surprised how well those types of descriptions work - I'm looking at it and going "this is a parse error, there's no way" and then I start driving and I'm like "yeah, the only way to describe this is 'left at the cows'."
Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses? by buildsjets on Thursday March 02, 2023 @03:24PM (#35001485)
I have several times given directions to an aerospace testing facility, with instructions to "Turn left at the miniature horse farm, but if you pass Frank's Deer Urine, you've gone too far and missed it."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/93733769@N03/11848099843

Re:Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses? by aaronharnly on Thursday March 02, 2023 @10:00PM (#35005279)
Honesty it’s just a sweet pleasure seeing a sign with a phone number without area code.