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I was in Miami some time ago, around Wynwood. Never really saw anyone walking around, and if we wanted to go anywhere then it basically required ordering an Ube
by ljm 3y ago
I was in Miami some time ago, around Wynwood. Never really saw anyone walking around, and if we wanted to go anywhere then it basically required ordering an Uber.
The difficult part was getting a sense of direction because there aren't really any obvious landmarks to look out for when wandering through wide-scale suburban sprawl. It's like the availability of GPS has just allowed this kind of sprawl to become even more labyrinthine because nobody needs to bother with street names or directions any more.
- WalterBright 3y agoWhen I was in Tokyo in the 1980s, there were no street signs. The taxi drivers just knew where to go. A tip I received was to always carry a brochure of your hotel. Hop in cab, show the driver the brochure, "Hai" and off we went!
- shiroiuma 3y agoThere's no street signs here in Tokyo because almost none of the roads have names; only the really huge boulevards do, and most people probably don't even know those names. I'm not sure how it was in the 80s, but these days people just use Google Maps to navigate to wherever they're going.
- WalterBright 3y agoDuring the occupation after the war, the US put up street signs. After the occupation, the Japanese took them down.
- kalleboo 3y agoJapanese addresses use a hierarchical block system instead of a street system