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PriceSmart Leads The “Americanization” of Costa Rica

Rico’s TICO BULL – One of the questions I am often asked is what changes I have seen in my more than two decades of living in Costa Rica. There are many. Traffic congestion in the greater metropolitan area and the “Americanization” of the country are top two, without question.
PriceSmart shopping card. Photo Flickr
I have talked about this in past posts, ie And so the Americanization of Costa Rica continues.
“Americanized” might be somewhat true for all Central American countries, but I believe it is more mainstream right here, in Ticolandia. Even more than Panama.
I base my point of view on the “PriceSmart” index. This is the number of PriceSmart stores in a country based on its population.
Costa Rica is a country about the size of

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