seriously, oso when you gonna come to nyc? peds and bikers out here DO own the roads. walking in NYC you cant help but feel like Ratzo and yell out “I’m walkin’ here!!” because you are, in fact, walking….here.

A few points on the rest of your post:

Like my new friend Debra, I would recklessly walk in front of cars at cross walks and stop lights. There is no such thing as the pedestrian right of way in Mexico, but – call me an imperialist – it’s one aspect of American culture I’d be happy to import.

A tip – if you make eye contact with the driver, they WILL stop. However, if you don’t, GET OUT OF THE WAY. I learned this at a very young age in Mexico City. It was helpful when living in Italy where the rules are about the same as Mexico (although they care more about their cars there and there is a greater reluctance to hit you).

You know how in the U.S. you use your blinker when you want to switch lanes? Well, in Mexico, you use it when you want the person behind you in the next lane over to speed up. It took me a while to understand this.

It is like that here in New England, except here there is the expectation that you will use your signal. I hate driving here. At least in Mexico, you know that things are anarchic.