I guess it's a "hispanic" thing cause this has been passed on the the colonies as well.
They travel to other places and don't even bother to speak anything but Spanish. You've no idea how much of that $#@! i had to put up with in a tourisitic place like Orlando, i came to hate the language. I still do.
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Like Miami for instance. I love it, the city i mean. Apart from heavy traffic, violence and some other $#@! (Just the norm in a big city) It's one of the best places in the world.
You have everything there, such diversity. But then forget English, it's a dead language there. Some stores will even have a sign posted outside saying stuff like "We also speak English"