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Old October 07, 2008, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomisimo View Post
Right. You can translate "colonia" as "neightborhood" or even "part of the city", but in addresses, it's not used at all.
That's largely so, but I know in DF Condesa and Coyoacan and Polanco
have a very strong and wealthy identity and may refer themselves as residents of those colonias rather than residents of Mexico City. It works
that way with neighborhoods (some not too fancy) in New York too.
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