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The only way I ever learn my way around any new city is by getting repeatedly lost until I build up some kind of subconscious mental map of how the major streets fit together. Once I have that, I'm never lost for long...I just need to drive until I cross a major street I recognize. Every city has its own confusing features. In Ann Arbor it's how many streets merge, seperate, and change names. In St. Paul, it was the fact that you couldn't follow any straight street in the grid for more than a couple miles before hitting a lake.
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