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A big key to driving in LA is recognizing and knowing where the mountains/buildings are. With that GPS and compass aren't required to have a very good feel for
by kurthr 7y ago
A big key to driving in LA is recognizing and knowing where the mountains/buildings are. With that GPS and compass aren't required to have a very good feel for where you are and are headed. You still need to know streets (and which go through, have lights, traffic), but it's very reasonable to know which way to get to a major street/highway even from an "unknown" location.
- danidiaz 7y agoKevin Lynch notes as much in "The Image of the City", his book about urban form: > Paths proved to be the dominant element [of orientation] in terms of quantity [...] The single exception was the shift in attention from paths and edges to landmarks, which was noted in Los Angeles. This was an striking change for an automobile-oriented city, but it may perhaps have been due to the lack of differentiation in the gridiron streets.
- Aloha 7y agoI've long joked, in LA if you're lost, find your way to a major street and drive until you run into a freeway, if you run into a mountain or the ocean, you've gone the wrong way, turn around and drive back the other way until you find the freeway