Question

Comparisons between the american and the colombian family

Answer 1

In America, families live in suburbs and young people in the city, the hood and the “Manhattan”s can be next to each other or far apart.

In Colombia, cities are divided by zones, the higher the zone, the richer the people who live there.

In America, there’s streets.

In Colombia, there’s Calle and Carrera.

Calle is left to right, Carrera is bottom to top. Example, Carrera 13a, Calle 92.

In America, an address has the house number, then street name, then city.

In Colombia, there’s no street name just numbers, then city.

In America, usually a bus 13 going is a bus 13 coming back, same route.

In Colombia, usually, a bus 13 going becomes a bus 15 coming back, different buses. The bus stop you get on, is not the bus stop you get off on the other side.

In America, people meet for dates with little talk about transport fare.

In Colombia, it’s common expectation to pay the girls UBER/Taxi fare to you and back home.

In America, common for each person to pay their bill.

In Colombia, common for the group to split the bill. Taxi/Food/Drinks rather than each person paying their own bill.

In America, usually your hotel room is your business.

In Colombia, hotels might not allow guests to your room.

In America, drivers are very cautious due to tickets and licence suspension.

In Colombia, drivers can run stop signs and red lights when convenient.