12691231, RE: none of it is strange to me b/c i read maps as a hobby. Posted by Mongo, Tue Jan-06-15 03:38 PM
>i forget that i'm geeky about maps so i understand city >limits and county borders and state lines in ways that ppl who >aren't map geeks may not. > >and outside of reading maps and memorizing borders i can tell >when i move from one city/town/village/et al to another b/c >the street name signs change - usually in color and/or shape >and/or font from one jurisdiction to the next. > >all of this stuff is interesting to me b/c i'm a geek. lol
I'm a dork for this kind of stuff, too. Like most New Yorkers, I took for granted that every city treats its suburbs with a mixture of awe and contempt.
I still have no idea where Chicago officially ends on the South Side. We were on a 179th and Harlem and it was Tinley Park -- but the numbers keep going as though it were part of the city. IT MAKES NO SENSE. I CAN'T RECONCILE IT. IT'S MADDENING.
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