Costa Rica, Sinaloa

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Cost Rica is the name of a small town located about 30 minutes (by car) south of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

In its beginnings Costa Rica was a small peasant town created due to the existence of the sugar cane processing plant that was there. In the 1960's, there were just about 15,000 people in the town but it was thriving with commerce and traditional values. Its people were known to be very polite. There were 3 movie theaters and plenty of restaurants, the cane-sugar industry was very prosperous. Then came the closing of the plant due to government mismanagement and the town went through change when businesses closed and thousands became unemployed. Many went into drug trafficking and other unlawful ways of living. The more popular places were the Farmacia Del Capi, El Restaurante Lety, La Neveria De Juvencio, El Mercado Nuevo and La Ferreteria Gutierrez, among others. Now most employment is offered by retail stores and services, but people continue to struggle to make ends meet. Like other cities in Mexico, the city of Costa Rica, Sinaloa's condition is a result of bad politics and little help from the state capital, Culiacan, with distributing enough funds to help the economy and school system in efforts to improve quality of life standards and the average income.