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A street sign on the waterfront of Umag, Croatia.

I don’t really understand why so many streets are still named after Tito or other Yugoslav communists. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be. Maybe there’s no point in denying history, and who can argue that Tito didn’t play an enormous role in the collective past of the former Yugoslav republics? But still. One would think that politicians would be eager to wipe the slate clean, especially when it comes to underlings like Edvard Kardelj, who still has numerous streets and squares in Slovenia dedicated to him. After all, it’s not like Slovenia doesn’t have plenty of other possibilities.

Perhaps it’s inertia more than anything. Perhaps changing the names would cause more confusion and chaos than it’s worth.

Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004 to Travel ¦ Comments (4)