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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Driving long distances to places you had never been before usually involved books of maps, pre-planning, a navigator, and help from strangers.

[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And you stuck to the main, very large highways instead of trying the smaller routes. I always wonder if the Waze era of travel has helped or hurt smaller communities.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Great question.

One of the examples that comes to mind is from the SF Bay Area:

Los Gatos residents say Google's Waze app causing gridlock, blocking only wildfire escape route

There has to be some coffee shop or antiques store somewhere that navigation apps have brought back from the brink though.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

My family always went on holiday to Ireland so they had a map for it. When I was little I used to love opening that thing and picturing all the places we could go.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The good ol' Road Atlas.

Also an excellent autism diagnosis tool.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No joke. My parents are convinced I'm autistic because I used to read the yellow pages (British phone book) to calm down when I was little.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read the yellow pages to calm down one time when I was on acid.

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 0 points 1 year ago

Very Withnail and I

[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and help from strangers

And my father always refused to ask for help, so we got lost and then when he finally had to admit it, my mother asked someone and my father pretended it was all her fault ... (not so) good times.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still play the role of navigator to this day…

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My wife tries, bless her spacially-challenged heart