Signs in English

Just read a story there is consideration to add English language signs around town to help navigate English speaking tourists (Canadian was emphasized). The story added that some locals fear gentrification, etc.

I personally would not want to see the addition of English language signs.

What are your thoughts?

Several Appliances we just bought did not come with an English version of instruction manual. How about WE START THERE!

How about we start with ¡ESTÁS EN MÉXICO, CABRÓN!

Several Appliances we just bought did not come with an English version of instruction manual. How about WE START THERE!

An instruction manual? In any language?

It seems to me that all I ever get is a QR code to get to a manual.

I’m glad I have an iPad. I doubt I would be able to read a manual in any language on my phone.

Or, take a photo of who raises their hand to "one way", or inform their passenger to exit the vehicle.

It seems that most/a lot of the big store in the western US have Spanish below the English version. I never heard anyone complain about this.

Being always curious about this sort of thing, where did you "just read a story" on this subject? What is the source?

Here's the Google English translation of the article:

LOCAL BUSINESSMEN POINT OUT THAT SIGNAGE AND LOCATION PLANS IN ENGLISH ARE NECESSARY IN #Zihuatanejo * Derived from the fact that those who frequented the port now reside there. Zihuatanejo, Gro., January 30, 2024.- Due to the serious global social phenomenon of gentrification, this phenomenon has ended the Canadian tourism season, resulting from the fact that those who frequented the port now reside there.
Derived from the above, the president of the Citizen Tourism Council of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Ricardo Gómez Cardoso, believes that it is now necessary to install signage and location plans in English and to include maps for orientation, he said in an interview. He noted that the increase in international residents and not only from Canada and the United States; Well, they also come from other countries and as proof is that in the hostel that he manages there are tourists from London, England; There are also Italians and French; to give a couple of examples. It is time to implement signage in both Spanish and English, because it is already a destination with international recognition and it is important to guide visitors; For example, some foreigners get lost or don't know where to turn and if there are those information points they can easily find their way. Gómez Cardoso said: “Like when you go to international destinations and you find these location maps and they tell you, you are standing here, and from there they show you the different options where you can go, by car or walking.” This type of infrastructure is important because Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is growing as one of the tourist destinations in Mexico best positioned abroad, and both signage and service in English and French must improve."

As usual, with these Google translations, they seldom make much sense. Or maybe it's the convoluted thinking of the originator? That first non-sensical paragraph, about the ending of the Canadian tourism season, is a prime example.

As an aside, many signs in Cuba are posted in English, Spanish..... and Russian.