knowing your way |
 Mar 2 2005, 02:41 AM
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 i'm susan  Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029  |
Do you know your way to your house/school/church?
Even though you've been living in that state for more than 5 or 6 years, don't you get any troubles telling the directions to people on how to get there? I have that problem. I lived in Shoreline, Washington for 3 years so far. And, I still don't know the streets to my apartment. I always say like, "It's near Costco and Magic Dragon. Just go from there and I'll show you where to go." And I also have to say "Right, Left, Stop" ehh yeah. I guess I don't really pay attention to the roads when my mom drives. So that means I don't memorize the street names and what exit it is. Well I know my street is Bagley. But they question me like which Bagley. I asked my apartment manager, kinda stupid of me to do that but I did just in case if someone ask me again. So yeah.... even they tell me, I forget. If I write in the paper or in my diary, I forget or lose it. Ehh... yeah... that's just my life. How are you going with knowing your way? |
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| *Azarel* |
Mar 2 2005, 02:44 AM
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I can navigate my way through my city as well as San Jose.
I kind of need to, since I walk all over the place and give directions when driving with others. |
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Mar 2 2005, 02:47 AM
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 A.K.A. Simplicityxx Group: Member Posts: 1,878 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,813 |
I just moved here about 4 years ago. But i should start to learn the street names `cause im learnin` to drive next year.
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Mar 2 2005, 02:50 AM
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gigi =p Group: Member Posts: 3,679 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,206 |
I've lived here in Burnaby for 12 years, and I can't get to Metrotown, a mall in the same town, or give directions to it. I don't think I even remember what street my high school is on.
And only 2 years until I learn how to drive, too! That'll be interesting... "Make a turn on Hastings." "  Where's Hastings?"
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Mar 2 2005, 03:40 AM
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 Hi! I'm Dani :) Group: Member Posts: 5,637 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,369 |
idk i kinda have that problem. my town is pretty big so i dont know where some places are or their names
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Mar 2 2005, 03:54 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 575 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 92,400 |
i don't know any street names.. or park names.. or anything, i just know how to get there and where it is.. >< i just don't know how to explain haha.. x.x it gives me a difficult time when people ask O_O!
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Mar 2 2005, 04:31 AM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
lol susan where do you come up with these topics?
hehe, well the answer to your question i'm usually horrible at giving directions. I know the main roads and everything, but i mean the lil streets you turn on or whatever..eh..lol not good at that part. Usually i say, "oh well it's right next to chevys" or some store or somethan. lol i mean the only time i actually give out directions or somethan is when someone needs to know the way to my house or church or somethan, so i just mapquest it and read it over the phone. hehe i guess that's cheating |
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Mar 2 2005, 04:32 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
Yes, I know my way around place. I don't know things like many street names, because I have a strong sense of direction.
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Mar 2 2005, 05:01 AM
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 RAWR. Group: Member Posts: 2,585 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 102,641 |
ok, heres a good question. How old are you? cuz the only place I knew how to get to before i turned 15 was school, because I had to walk to/from everyday. But as soon as I started driving, I knew where EVERYTHING was. I know this area like none other. every movie theatre, every highway, every fast food joint every mall. I know it all. If its important, I can get u there. So yeah. Before that I was confused as to where up the street was. :D
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Mar 2 2005, 05:22 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
i know street names and everything, but i'm horrible at giving directions.
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Mar 2 2005, 07:24 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 524 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,003 |
I've lived here for 7 years and I pretty much know my way around this city. Its a small city though.
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Mar 2 2005, 07:45 AM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
well I dont remember the names of the streets.
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| *stephinika* |
Mar 2 2005, 10:18 AM
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ehh depends...i'm pretty decent with directions, depending where. to my school i know them well.
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Mar 2 2005, 10:36 AM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
I know how to get to school, work, cousin's houses, the mall and to the movies. I'm bad with street names but give me a map and I'll figure it out in a jiffy.
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Mar 2 2005, 11:40 AM
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 What's worst than being blind? Having sight but no vision. Group: Member Posts: 101 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,415 |
I know my way around the city, although I can't give clear directions to someone else. I'm afraid I'll make them get lost.
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Mar 2 2005, 12:09 PM
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If only... Group: Member Posts: 409 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 100,037 |
I'll get lost
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Mar 2 2005, 12:11 PM
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 i'm lala. girly girl. Group: Member Posts: 1,531 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,888 |
i suck at telling people directions, and i can't understand them at all... =(
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Mar 2 2005, 12:14 PM
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 Another ditch in the road... you keep moving Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152 |
i have a fairly good sense of direction... i can tell peopl ewhere to go, i just dont know the names of streets... but i could say 'take the third right and then the second left' kinda thing
people should just use map quest |
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Mar 2 2005, 01:31 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,799 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,450 |
I suck at directions >.<
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Mar 2 2005, 02:21 PM
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yeah...I know where everything is at
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Mar 2 2005, 03:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 52,702 |
like i don't knwo the streets i just know the surroundings, so taht is how i know
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Mar 2 2005, 04:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 4,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,115 |
I don't specifically know the street names so if people ask for directions, i just say something like, "take the next right" or something...
i've been living here for 4 years, but I don't really know street NAMES. |
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Mar 2 2005, 04:06 PM
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 music lover Group: Member Posts: 469 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 52,999 |
i know street names and how to tell someone the directions to my house.
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Mar 2 2005, 05:30 PM
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 RiKACHANtEL Group: Member Posts: 3,876 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,230 |
i can give pretty good directions to my house and my school and chruch are down the street so yea not too hard. i have to know the streets around here
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Mar 2 2005, 05:32 PM
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 BANNED Group: Member Posts: 2,419 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,387 |
I just moved to a new city a week ago and I have NO idea where stuff is. I go to school in another city, but I do know how to get there.
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Mar 2 2005, 06:25 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,957 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,665 |
i know my way to school, to mall, and... library.
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Mar 2 2005, 07:06 PM
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 Holla if ya hate me Group: Member Posts: 2,386 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 80,819 |
I know my way around everywhere around here and I've only been living here for two years! >=D
Before I got my permit I would walk to wherever I wanted or had to go so I had to know all of the streets and turns and crap x] Sooo... driving for me is easy now that I know where everything is and how to get there >=D |
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Mar 2 2005, 11:50 PM
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 Yes, I do have an Abercrombie booty. Group: Member Posts: 698 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,057 |
I know how to get to places, but I have a hard time telling people where to go. I've lived in Imperial Beach pretty much my whole life, except for those three years I was in Guam due to my dad being stationed there, and I don't really know any of the streets. I can walk around and not get lost, but I'd have a hard time giving directions.
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Mar 3 2005, 12:19 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 313 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 100,825 |
chyahhh i Know how you feel
Make you look stupid and crap but I'm not good at direction |
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Mar 3 2005, 12:39 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
Pssh yea. Of course, I've been pretty sheltered and since I've never really gone out to different places very often, it's hard for me to remember. My boyfriend has photographic memory, lol. He can see a place once and remember how to get there for life or something... lol It's scary... But at least when he's there we won't get lost! lol.
But I know my way around since I actually started walking around my town area place.. thingy. But I barely know how to get anywhere in San Diego.  I get lost easily if it's outside my neighborhood area.
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| *salcha* |
Mar 3 2005, 03:25 AM
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i've been living in my city for 10 years, and it's really small, so i usually know my way around the whole place.
my school is two blocks from my house, it would be sad if i didnt know the way there. plus, i walk anyway. church isnt that far away, in my city as well. |
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Mar 3 2005, 03:56 AM
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 hello : ) Group: Official Member Posts: 4,227 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,139 |
I used to have the same problem until I started driving then I was basically obligated to look at street signs and know where places are and know how to give directions.
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Mar 3 2005, 05:30 AM
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i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
QUOTE(Wishful_Dream @ Mar 2 2005, 12:54 AM) i don't know any street names.. or park names.. or anything, i just know how to get there and where it is.. >< i just don't know how to explain haha.. x.x it gives me a difficult time when people ask O_O!  Haha same here!!! I dislike when people ask me where to go, because I suck at it. And they just laugh out loud because I don't know my street and the directions to my apartment. It sucks, but... that's life for me. It's a very difficulty situation for me when people ask me for the directions to the places where I need to go. So I rather go with the people who knows the place well haha. |
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Mar 3 2005, 01:34 PM
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 I can't believe its not "Ryan" Group: Member Posts: 1,981 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,368 |
well sometimes i forget ...
its like when i give my number out to people i stutter because I really don't call myself and i tend to forget my number! |
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Mar 3 2005, 04:30 PM
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 NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
i'd say my sense of direction is pretty good =]
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Mar 3 2005, 04:59 PM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
i have lived in arlington for 5 years and i still don't know all the streets! well, i mean, i know the major streets but sometimes i don't know when i am on one!
if someone wanted me to tell them how to get somewhere, i probably could but i would have to say, "go left, straight, right, left, left, right, straight...etc."  i just know how to get there by heart. not my street names! 
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Mar 3 2005, 05:03 PM
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 the crip killa. Group: Member Posts: 291 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,628 |
loosers...so easy living where streets are numbered and only occasionaly names. ive lived here for 13 years (my entire life) and i know where everything is. QUEENS NEW YORK!
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Mar 3 2005, 05:12 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,025 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,051 |
I know how to get around a decent amount of my town/area as well as most of manhatten
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Mar 3 2005, 05:21 PM
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 ¢¾ Wanting it. ¢¾ Group: Member Posts: 2,060 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 39,234 |
haha i hate that. i know my way to local places and what not. but im bad at giving directions. lol i dont even know all the street names that i know my way to.
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Mar 3 2005, 05:26 PM
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 <3<3<3<3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,177 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,779 |
i'm okay at where i live i know almost where every street is.
but i usually just give like a description like "turn left when you seee a 7-11" XD |
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Mar 3 2005, 07:55 PM
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 atom smasher Group: Member Posts: 105 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 77,827 |
I'm pretty good at navigating through the streets here in Monterey Park, down in SoCa. I've been living in this particular house for 6 years. I know most of the streets in my other home too... up in Portland, Oregon. Pretty darn cool.
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