How modern is San Salvador, El Salvador?

Question

How modern is San Salvador, El Salvador?

from a scale to 1 to 5, 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest what number would San Salvador, El Salvador get in modernity?

Answer 1

el salvador san salvador is considered the most modern city in central america. They have the biggest most modern airport and malls go to http://answers.com and it will say the same.

Answer 2

I would say "2".

In recent years, the city has seen a myriad of malls, hotels, restaurants, departments stores and other commercial buildings being built. The large diaspora of Salvadorans living in the US and Canada that send money back or that move back to El Salvador after retirement has helped. Also local investment from some wealthy families has increased. Streets and walkways are in good shape. Another plus: Being a small city, you can find everything nearby, credit cards of all kinds are accepted in all stores and the local currency is the US dollar.

Nevertheless, other things remain very "third world". Tap water is unclean, electricity is bad (computers need regulators or the constant spikes render them useless in a few weeks) and public transportation in the city is chaotic, truly, one of the worst in Latin America, almost sub-Saharan Africa level. The problem is the bus operators' union is very strong and refuses to modernize its aging fleet of 70s bluebird school buses purchased as surplus from the US They are painted in colorful schemes and used as omnibuses. Pollution is getting very bad also. It is best to rent a car to move around the city, or take a taxi (but most taxis are also old 80s cars in bad shape). Crime is the other big problem. While you see people walking around with iPods and mobile phones in some parts of Mexico City, nobody would dare to walk around with them in San Salvador. People have been killed for a cell phone.

That is why I say "2" or maybe "2.5".