There are the shortcuts that people in a neighborhood use. This is OK if 10 people a day use it. If 5,000 try, not so good. I believe that's one of the compl

There are the shortcuts that people in a neighborhood use. This is OK if 10 people a day use it. If 5,000 try, not so good. I believe that's one of the complaints about the Waze app. Also there are neighborhood surface streets and then there are high capacity surface streets. If I'd rather take 6 lane boulevards than stop and go on the freeway, why not? And a grid pattern makes navigating a lot simpler. You head down a street till you hit a major street you know and then you know where you are. Getting lost in a twisty maze of local streets, all alike, is another deal entirely.