The city of Rosario is said to be the second city of Argentina after the Federal Capital, Buenos Aires. Rosario is a city of many habits and customs which are almost unique to the country. Buenos Aires has now become a very cosmopolitan city like many capitals of the world. Rosario, in a way, is like one large family. Nearly everybody knows everybody.
Some people say it is like a large village.
Everybody is divided into large groups so if you meet someone and start talking about someone you have just met, the chances are that the person you are talking to has already met that person or already knows that person. I have now been in Rosario for two years and it is starting to happen to me. I now can't walk down the main pedestrian precinct without bumping into someone I know. This is really strange as Rosario has a population of over one million people. I guess that there is only one difference and that is that I stick out like a sore thumb because I am English and I speak Spanish with an English accent.