Oh yeah, absolutely -- logical sense, impossible to casually follow. (Never mind 34th Place, etc!)
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2018 7:55:47 am PDT #28380 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2018 7:58:47 am PDT #28381 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Manhattan has the same problem, but only for a few streets because the Ave numbers don't go up that high! And that bit in the Village where the streets start to get squished and out of alignment.)
Laura - Aug 15, 2018 8:10:00 am PDT #28382 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Where I am in Florida is very grid compliant. People also give directions with turn north/south/east/west instead of right and left because you always know what direction you are facing.
Today is the very opposite of relaxing! Been on dozens of phone calls and haven't had lunch yet. Getting grumpy. Going to let it go to voicemail for a bit.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2018 8:10:57 am PDT #28383 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I was once helping a tourist from Belgium find her way around DC. She was VERY impressed with the fact that the numbers and letters ran in order and were fairly logical (since she was from a city that was founded much earlier). Of course, she was also absolutely ENCHANTED that there was a McDonalds right nearby ....
Dana - Aug 15, 2018 8:12:19 am PDT #28384 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I grew up in New Orleans. I don't think we believe in straight lines.
I'm watching One Day at a Time, and Schneider is wearing his t-shirt in a French tuck.
Connie Neil - Aug 15, 2018 8:47:54 am PDT #28385 of 30002
brillig
People also give directions with turn north/south/east/west instead of right and left because you always know what direction you are facing.
In Utah we navigate by the mountains. "Go towards the mountains, then turn left."
I'm watching One Day at a Time, and Schneider is wearing his t-shirt in a French tuck.
I refuse to take Schneider as a guide for anything.
askye - Aug 15, 2018 9:28:44 am PDT #28386 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
The very original downtown of Tallahassee is on a grid. The rest is spoke and wheel and what looks like street planning while high.
flea - Aug 15, 2018 9:31:42 am PDT #28387 of 30002
information libertarian
In funky name news, I was just on a conference call with a Parker Pogue (male), who is going to have Ren Diamond get in touch with us.
Fred Pete - Aug 15, 2018 9:36:17 am PDT #28388 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
A river ran through the middle of the town where I grew up. The street map was fairly grid-like when you were away from the river, except for the occasional diagonal street. Less grid-like near the river, and Riverside Drive just followed the river.
bennett - Aug 15, 2018 9:38:13 am PDT #28389 of 30002
Connie - I grew up in El Paso, Texas, where we also did the "go towards the mountains" thing. Then I moved to Austin (when it was still small) and it was all about "toward the UT tower" or "toward the capital". Then I moved to Amarillo and it was totally flat, I had to learn about N/S/E/W and it was very confusing.