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 ....

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.

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.

The very original downtown of Tallahassee is on a grid. The rest is spoke and wheel and what looks like street planning while high.

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.

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.

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.

Oof, I just got extremely tired. I don't know how I'm going to stay awake for 4 more hours.

I miss being able to navigate relative to the lake.

I once gave someone directions by "towards the river" and "keep the river on your right" which worked better for a town with unnumbered streets.