• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    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
      2·
      2 years ago

      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
        3·
        2 years 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
        1·
        2 years ago

        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.