The very original downtown of Tallahassee is on a grid. The rest is spoke and wheel and what looks like street planning while high.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
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.
askye - Aug 15, 2018 9:28:44 am PDT #28386 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
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.
-t - Aug 15, 2018 10:16:47 am PDT #28390 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oof, I just got extremely tired. I don't know how I'm going to stay awake for 4 more hours.
Calli - Aug 15, 2018 10:40:31 am PDT #28391 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I miss being able to navigate relative to the lake.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2018 11:07:44 am PDT #28392 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2018 11:09:42 am PDT #28393 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I totally give local directions by the river. (Convenient because even if you can't see it, "towards the river" is almost always downhill.)
-t - Aug 15, 2018 11:34:22 am PDT #28394 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
River, Lake, Up and Down are the only sensible directions for New Orleans. I mean, you go east to get to the Westbank.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2018 12:25:20 pm PDT #28395 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I posted this in the Nonfiction thread BUT, for fans of the Great British Baking Show, the final is this Friday and it starts early. It would be bad to miss the first half hour (but not as bad as missing the last half hour).