The Joy of Numbered Streets

Re:The Joy of Numbered Streets by jghn on Friday April 03, 2026 @08:10AM (#47625770)

Not everywhere in the US. Boston for instance is a notable exception

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Re:The Joy of Numbered Streets by entropicdrifter on Friday April 03, 2026 @12:44PM (#47628972)

I'm personally convinced that the road systems of New England were of some influence on Lovecraft in his conception of cosmic horror. A map of Boston roads does tend to evoke the concepts of non-Euclidean geometry and tentacle monsters

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Re:The Joy of Numbered Streets by jghn on Friday April 03, 2026 @02:20PM (#47630117)

I'll never be able to not think of this whenever I'm in the maze of roads downtown Boston!

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