Lost!

[rabidsamfan]

No, no, not the TV show. Me, trying to find my way from downtown Boston to East Boston by following the signs to the airport.

Some of you will understand why I ended up in Dorchester.

THE STREETS IN THIS TOWN WERE LAID OUT BY COWS!!!! DRUNKEN COWS!!!!!!

And the signage was done by demented "Bert and I" fans.

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[celandine-g.livejournal.com]

I can SO relate.

Once when I lived in rural CT, I was within sight of a building in downtown Boston(financial district) 45 minutes before a scheduled job interview and I encountered a closed street. I ended up 45 minutes late for the interview, after driving all over the city trying to get back to the place by another route and then encountering closed parking garages. I walked in livid, flushed, and very late for this important interview at a very plush investment company. Needless to say, I didn't get the job. They doubtless thought I was a bumbling provincial, hehe.

Since living in the suburbs here I have had similar horror stories including being so lost in downtown Boston at night that I just drove around aimlessly for about 40 minutes just trying to find a way out. I ended up in Cambridge not even knowing I was there. I have since had similar experiences in South Boston near the convention center at night--a real nightmare of detours that go no nowhere and signs pointing into oblivion. To say nothing of horrible late-night traffic jams (because they work on the torn-up roads at night) that rival rush hour. And it never seems to end. That area around the aquarium has been torn up since 1773, I believe.

As for the airport, I never even attempted to drive there myself until they opened the direct route from the Pike (I wouldn't dare try the route through the city). Now that new tunnel is nice and sometimes the parking garages at the airport are even open. But that's another story, hehe.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I started from the parking garage by the Aquarium, and believe me, I understand the feeling of being able to see your destination and not get there. It's safer to accept the parking ticket...

(This is why I don't own a car. I was picking up a zipcar so I'll have it first thing in the morning.)