Landmarks. It's similar to how directions are given in other countries with large urban areas and shaky addressing systems. "Turn left at this coffee shop, rig

Landmarks. It's similar to how directions are given in other countries with large urban areas and shaky addressing systems. "Turn left at this coffee shop, right at the second church..." When my wife first moved to the U.S. from Korea I couldn't figure out why she was so insistent on using landmarks to navigate, but eventually learned this was the reason. When we went out to rural areas where I grew up, she would become completely lost because it's not generally as landmark dense and the mental system she had accumulated didn't work as well. That was when she finally had to learn the U.S. system.