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Gee, I wonder how we europeans managed to live in cities for hundreds of years without GPS devices.
by 4ad 8y ago
Gee, I wonder how we europeans managed to live in cities for hundreds of years without GPS devices.
- azernik 8y agoBy living in the same city for your entire lifetime and learning the quirks of the local layout by heart. Accessibility to newcomers was not optimized for.
- 4ad 8y agoI don't know, I visited almost every major european city back when portable GPS devices were not a thing, and I never had a problem navigating. Even now, I almost never use the GPS. In fact the only time I ever got lost in a foreign city was a few months back in New York because instead of going with my gut I trusted the GPS.
- acjohnson55 8y agoI got lost plenty of times in Europe pre-GPS. I typically had a physical map, but this wasn't always sufficient. You'd simply have to fall back in things like payphone calls and asking strangers for help.
- akie 8y agoIs asking people for directions in an unknown environment really that terrible?
- vageli 8y ago> Is asking people for directions in an unknown environment really that terrible? If there's a language barrier that becomes more challenging.
- wenc 8y agoAlso in places like Venice and Barcelona that are overrun by tourists, asking for directions disrupts the lives of locals. Imagine being asked for directions a dozen or more times a day. Thank goodness for Google Maps and data plans.
- the_clarence 8y agoLol. I guess you should stay in your comfortable country
- wenc 8y agoOlder parts of European cities can be a bit harder to navigate. I’m thinking the El Gotic neighborhood in Barcelona and Alfama in Lisbon. But one does get used to it after a day or so.
- the_clarence 8y agoOh. It must be so hard to be tourist in Europe right? Well... No.
- azernik 8y agoThose old cities make up for it in other ways ^_^