I grew up near Seattle, and I think only that could make it worse. There's no naming convention whatsoever, except east/west, which is the least important direction. Most of the suburbs use numbers, but again, they make no sense since half of them come from the city plan and the other half come from the county's plan.
Before I had GPS on my phone, I had to print out directions and even then ended up asking directions at a gas station more often than not.
This is probably my favourite joke in all of seinfeld.
Or the monologue from "The whale marine biologist", with the line of "The sea was angry that day my friends; like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli"
it's a confusing system at first, but once you learn it it's actually not too hard to figure out where something is, because Queens is (mostly) on a grid system.
Not a yank, or from any of the current or former british territories, but that one I recognize. AFAIK it means "ass of bag" in french, which makes me giggle.
It's a loan word. English is full of them.
That's the closest term I could find that describes the unique type of dead end that a court is.
Not all dead ends are cul-de-sac's but all cul-de-sac's are dead ends.
Where I grew up they had certain streets end when they intersected perpendicularly with another one. Turn, and go down this other street and you'd eventually be able to find the original street continuing in the same direction, just not in a straight line. Named the same, too! Made trying to find a specific address before GPS and smartphones needlessly difficult.
Also, the font and size was the worst. You couldn't tell if '1 ST' was '1st' or '1 Street'. Same with '3 RD': was it '3rd' or '3 Road' (they had both separate streets in the same town).
That's in addition to 4th Ave intersecting with 4th Rd, like in this image...
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Skua@kbin.earth · 77 pts · 294d
"Public School 153" sounds like it came out of Half-Life or something
shalafi@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 294d
That's your cue it's in NYC.
moonbunny@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 294d
Welcome to City 17
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 293d
I thought so highly of its education that I elected to make my administration here.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 293d
I think public schools in NYC are just numbered. There are so many, I imagine it makes it a lot easier to administer
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 293d
Are they all one district? I thought larger cities broke them up...
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 36 pts · 294d
Why did they stop and move to 61 without exhausting all the options?
According to Wikipedia (US section)
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 294d
Pike and Pine are both options? We could have had Pike Pike and Pine Pine in Seattle.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 293d
I grew up near Seattle, and I think only that could make it worse. There's no naming convention whatsoever, except east/west, which is the least important direction. Most of the suburbs use numbers, but again, they make no sense since half of them come from the city plan and the other half come from the county's plan.
Before I had GPS on my phone, I had to print out directions and even then ended up asking directions at a gas station more often than not.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 2 pts · 293d
As well as Pine Pike and Pike Pine?
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 294d
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 294d
This is probably my favourite joke in all of seinfeld.
Or the monologue from "The
whalemarine biologist", with the line of "The sea was angry that day my friends; like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli"massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 12 pts · 294d
Mammal.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 294d
Agreed, nexus might be my fav line as well. Certainly the most memorable for me.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 293d
I just watched it and it's peak 90s:
Nothing in this snippet would make sense today, it's glorious.
lol_idk@piefed.social · 24 pts · 294d
Even more confusing if you want to meet at an intersection
dualphasesaber@piefed.social · 21 pts · 294d
it's a confusing system at first, but once you learn it it's actually not too hard to figure out where something is, because Queens is (mostly) on a grid system.
Pretty good write-up of it here.
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 294d
This is really interesting. They needed a sub-grid within a grid of Streets and Avenues and so they went insane.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 294d
Absolutely fascinating.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 294d
I knew this was Queens before I even looked at the map.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
Public School 153 got me as far as NYC. :)
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 294d
60th Ct? What's Ct for? Cunt?
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 294d
You've never seen a court before?
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 293d
The kind with a judge or the kind with basketball hoops?
But no, first time I've heard of it.
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 293d
I think 'cul-de-sac' is the closest translation for yanks
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 293d
We definitely have "courts" in the US
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 293d
Like this one. My uncle also lives on a court as well. They're more common in fancier neighborhoods.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 293d
Not a yank, or from any of the current or former british territories, but that one I recognize. AFAIK it means "ass of bag" in french, which makes me giggle.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 293d
You think wrong, that's not even an English word for fucks sake, nobody knows what the hell that means.
Just call it a dead end.
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 293d
It's a loan word. English is full of them.
That's the closest term I could find that describes the unique type of dead end that a court is.
Not all dead ends are cul-de-sac's but all cul-de-sac's are dead ends.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 293d
"Court" isn't an English word? The fuck?
I can't speak for Texas, but the US definitely has roads named "Ct."
pyre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 293d
they're referring to cul-de-sac
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 293d
oh word
obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 293d
Right? This is the most amazing discussion I've ever been part of.
I don't think I'll ever be able to pass a court again without impulsively telling whoever I'm with "You know they don't have those everywhere".
It'll be my new Aragorn's broken toe.
obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 293d
It has never occurred to me that Court might be a regional thing. This is kind of blowing my mind.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 294d
I would guess, circuit? Or maybe crescent.
the list below says it might stand for "court", so a very good question indeed
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 293d
Carat
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 294d
40.71597° N, 73.90479° W Roughly.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 293d
We're at 60th and 60th. Take a left on 60th and take it to the second stop sign. If you see 60th, you've gone too far.
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 294d
Meet me at Road and Street.
Oh, I'm at Lane and Drive. Be there in a sec.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 294d
No wonder there's so many angry people in New York.
El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 293d
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 293d
I know its real but were the roads named this way as a joke?
Toldry@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 293d
link to this place:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bcq4uNTwj1h9v88P9
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 293d
I was about to falsely call out OP for yet another fake post... but they do this for 59th as well.
oascany@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 293d
Of course it's in a place called 'Flushing.' Who was memeing when making this place?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 293d
why not 60-60?
last_philosopher@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
"We're near the public school."
"Which one???"
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 294d
Where I grew up they had certain streets end when they intersected perpendicularly with another one. Turn, and go down this other street and you'd eventually be able to find the original street continuing in the same direction, just not in a straight line. Named the same, too! Made trying to find a specific address before GPS and smartphones needlessly difficult.
Also, the font and size was the worst. You couldn't tell if '1 ST' was '1st' or '1 Street'. Same with '3 RD': was it '3rd' or '3 Road' (they had both separate streets in the same town).
That's in addition to 4th Ave intersecting with 4th Rd, like in this image...
hactar42@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 293d
Let me introduce you to 4th Street in Mountain Home, Idaho
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 293d
4th north, east 4th north, and south 4th east. Did I find them all?
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 293d
You found E 4th N, but did you find the second E 4th N?
SGforce@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 293d
The one by the coffee place?
acetanilide@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 293d
In my city, there are also things like "60th Road Place" and "60th Avenue Court"...the possibilities are endless!
hamid@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 293d
As soon as I saw the title I knew it was Queens lol
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 294d