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There is a famous romantic comedy from the Soviet Union (I forget the name) based in this premise- a drunk guy gets off an airplane in the wrong city, goes to "
by gmarx 10y ago
There is a famous romantic comedy from the Soviet Union (I forget the name) based in this premise- a drunk guy gets off an airplane in the wrong city, goes to "his" apartment (identical) and his key even fits the door so he enters. It turns out to be a woman's apartment and hijinks ensue
As noted in the article, we engineers love to plan solutions to problems but in reality people like randomness, cities that grew over time, and the illusion of choice