My mother grew up in the Boston area, so whenever we visited while I was growing up, my dad would try to get her to give him driving directions and she had no idea, having always taken public transportation.
I lived in Cambridge for eight years and never learned how to drive there; just took the T everywhere. But my theory is that Boston is full of inhospitable New Englanders who don't want to give anyone who hasn't lived there all their lives a break.
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Me: "These fuckin' Boston streets -- even if I use GPS I always get turned around."
Beantown Native: "The streets were originally --"
Me: "YES I KNOW ABOUT THE FUCKIN' COWPATHS. PUT FUCKIN' SIGNS ON THE FUCKIN' COWPATHS!"
Also all of the streets are one way in the wrong direction!
I lived in Cambridge for eight years and never learned how to drive there; just took the T everywhere. But my theory is that Boston is full of inhospitable New Englanders who don't want to give anyone who hasn't lived there all their lives a break.