1. European cars (Peugeot, Citroën, FIAT)
2. Old-fashioned skeleton keys
3. Lots of graffiti
4. Stray dogs
5. Horse-drawn carts collect recyclable garbage in cities. The urban poor can make a (meager) living by exchanging recyclables for a small refund
6. Clothes are dried on a clothesline
7. Stoves must be ignited manually by match or lighter
8. Most people do not have a printer or photocopier at home; instead they go to a cyber or kiósco and pay for these services
9. Toasters are uncommon
10. Dishwashers are uncommon
11. Public displays of affection: couples sprawl all over each other and make out in public [Córdoba]
12. Public baños usually lack toilet paper and soap, and very often require a donation of a few coins for "upkeep"
13. Trucks cruise slowly through town with giant speakers in back, blasting advertisements
14. Showers take place in an unmarked corner of the bathroom floor with no curtain
15. Coca Cola signs dominate every restaurant facade so that you barely notice the actual name of the restaurant
16. Mayonnaise on everything [Uruguay]
17. Milk comes in squishy plastic packages
18. Cooked eggs are normal at dinner but unthinkable for breakfast
19. Fondness for crackers
20. Waiters do not stop by periodically and ask "how does everything taste?"
21. Sidewalks made of corrugated tile
22. Mullets are popular among soccer-hooligan guys
23. Girls wear bangs a lot
24. Keffiyehs are popular
25. Lots of unappealing rock and ska in Spanish (I like cumbia better)
26. Electrical outlets in Argentina look like this
27. Outdoor trash baskets made of wire, instead of garbage cans [Córdoba]
28. Blue street signs. In Uruguay, they're affixed to walls of buildings
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