I'd say Boston! Good lord.
Philly is a lot bigger than Manhattan, though, and it's complicated by the river that literally runs through it. Whereas Manhattan is bordered by the rivers, except to the north, so if you find yourself going over a bridge, you know you fucked up. And I don't include the boroughs in my NYC driving.
I got lost once in Philly for seriously two hours. I think it's also due to the fact that I grew up near NYC, and I just *know* it(well, Manhattan). I have also not really adopted Philly as my local city, although I know I should. My NYC love runs really deep.
Oh, just go out to some small midwestern town. My cousins live at the intersection of 1st st NE and 2nd ave N (well something like that. Bonkers complicated for a hiccup of a town. Highest in town # is 12th. At some point, the farm was 82nd on someone's plan, 40 minutes away.)
I grew up in a Midwestern town on a bay. They really wanted a grid system, but they also wanted to have everything oriented to the harbor and shipping. It made for interesting compromises.
If you love streets laid out in helpfully numbered grids but ALSO being hopelessly confused by house numbers, go to Queens.
Some junk mail I just deleted from my inbox says that today is National Relaxation Day! Who wants to take a nap!
To make the story of the machine learning webinar complete, I just got an auto-generated email thanking me for attending the webinar. Which was canceled.
If you love streets laid out in helpfully numbered grids but ALSO being hopelessly confused by house numbers, go to Queens.
Haha! I loved my part of Queens -- all the numbers were in the same range, so I can't remember if I lived on 34th Street at 35th Ave, or the reverse, or what. House numbers made sense, though, didn't they? 35-20 34th St would be between 35th and 36th Aves.
In general, I can't help but feel I should get more tips as a Lyft driver, because of the difficulty factor in what I do -- getting people to the correct destination in an efficient amount of time is quite an art and craft around here.
Some junk mail I just deleted from my inbox says that today is National Relaxation Day! Who wants to take a nap!
Me me me! Instead I am getting a Pap smear. Not very relaxing.
You should get a degree of difficulty bonus, Theo.
I can't believe that histogram accurately represents San Francisco. It doesn't seem that grid like when I am wandering around in it, that's for sure.
In general, I can't help but feel I should get more tips as a Lyft driver, because of the difficulty factor in what I do -- getting people to the correct destination in an efficient amount of time is quite an art and craft around here.
Yet another thing people think computers can do as well as people, I bet!
I would like to relax! Maybe I'll take off the day before Labor Day weekend for a four-day weekend.
House numbers made sense, though, didn't they? 35-20 34th St would be between 35th and 36th Aves.
They make total sense if you know the code, but navigating Queens as a tourist is hella difficult because of all the duplicated St/Ave numbers.
