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Some older cities are more difficult to navigate like Boston and D.C., but they don't scare me like most American suburbs do. All those windy streets and cul-de-sacs terrify me (I'm not exaggerating, it so so easy to get lost in any suburb because they look so similar you can be driving and be 5 towns over and not even know you left the first town).
I don't know how people get lost in Charlotte, all roads lead Uptown, SouthPark, or University City now you might get lost because the names of the streets change every 15 feet or of all the Sharons in the city but other than that charlotte is fairly easy to navigate.
but I guess if your not from here it would be easy to get lost.
I don't know how people get lost in Charlotte, all roads lead Uptown, SouthPark, or University City now you might get lost because the names of the streets change every 15 feet or of all the Sharons in the city but other than that charlotte is fairly easy to navigate.
but I guess if your not from here it would be easy to get lost.
Some older cities are more difficult to navigate like Boston and D.C., but they don't scare me like most American suburbs do. All those windy streets and cul-de-sacs terrify me (I'm not exaggerating, it so so easy to get lost in any suburb because they look so similar you can be driving and be 5 towns over and not even know you left the first town).
I get scared too! Especially when I'm looking for a house and I'm in the middle of a giant neighborhood. I feel like I won't make it out alive!
I get scared too! Especially when I'm looking for a house and I'm in the middle of a giant neighborhood. I feel like I won't make it out alive!
Oh I agree that houses within some of the most recently built suburban neighborhoods look alarmingly similar, but I don't buy it that most people can't tell when they go from one suburban town to the next. The towns themselves certainly don't look alike at all - at least not in Atlanta.
OI don't buy it that most people can't tell when they go from one suburban town to the next.
Down here there's an instant change from the city proper to the suburbs. The second you cross the line you know that you're not in the city anymore. The suburbs, although the houses aren't cookie cutter and exactly like, flow into each other seamlessly so you really wouldn't know if you were going from one into the next. The plus side is that the streets are gridded and some numbered so it's easy to find yourself if you get lost.
NYC & Chicago are both really easy to navigate especially NYC.
I don't get why people get lost. Everything is numbered! (Minus downtown which gets tricky)
Chicago has maps EVERYWHERE which makes it easy to navigate.
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Salt Lake City is by far the easiest. You always know how close or far the nearest temple is. Temple Square its the nucleus of the whole grid plan through out the whole valley. 99% of the streets and avenues are numeric and un-named. The streets are along the lines of West 5600 South meaning 56 blocks west of Temple Square and south.. Logical and bizzarre at the same time.
Seattle, although laid out in somewhat of a numbered grid is very confusing city due to tricky topography. There are several north and south arteries, but east and west is much more difficult to discerne. Many streets go from 4 lane arterials abrubtly into quiet narrow streets.
Boston is a mindless spaghetti bowl. No rhyme or reason. Even though the colonists laid it out, the city and state seem to go out of it's way to make the roads more difficult, much better on foot.
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