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It's hilarious how many people avoid lower Wacker drive in Chicago because they're so dependent on gps. I don't have a car so I don't drive often, but I can't
by cozzyd 2mo ago
It's hilarious how many people avoid lower Wacker drive in Chicago because they're so dependent on gps.
I don't have a car so I don't drive often, but I can't stand gps directions when I do, constantly changing the route and micro optimizing. I just look at the map and try to remember it. (Admittedly, having a map in a car is useful, even if I don't like the directions).
A related atrophied skill is the inability for many people to find a place to stop for lunch on the route, since they only understand turn by then directions, not the map.
- bee_rider 2mo agoThat atrophied skill might be untrainable now that most map apps have some ability to search for food nearby and add a destination to the route.
- cozzyd 2mo agoright but, suppose you want to stop for lunch in ~half an hour, and pick a decent restaurant that's not out of the way. I don't know if e.g. google maps can do that (maybe it can... like I said, I rarely drive).
- tptacek 2mo agoI make a point of driving on Lower Wacker because it's fun, but for someone who doesn't drive downtown a lot, it's both kind of confusing and also a bit nerve-wracking; I wouldn't ever expect, like, my mom to drive it.
- kasey_junk 2mo agoBut have you biked on lower lower wacker?
- cozzyd 2mo agoI bike on lower Randolph all the time. On lower lower Wacker only if you count crossing it between the Riverwalk and Lakeshore East Park.
- dadrian 2mo agoHave you attempted to kidnap the DA during a prisoner transfer on Lower Wacker, only to be thwarted by a vigilante? If not, I question your Chicago bona fides.
- kasey_junk 2mo agoI tried but was thwarted by Abe Froman.
- tptacek 2mo agoIs that Abe's dad?