Re:City street orientations around the world
by noelwelsh on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:41AM
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The reason I said "for tourists" is because a local will learn the layout eventually regardless of what it is. I don't think my experiences in, say, Birmingham where I lived for a decade are comparable to my experiences in Philly, which I have visited once for a few days.
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Re:City street orientations around the world
by brlewis on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:57AM
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I've been local to Boston for decades and haven't truly learned the layout. I can get to any given place, but without consulting the map I'll often choose a suboptimal route. It's hard to stop my brain from forcing the layout into a grid, which it very much is not.