Posted by wunhuanglo [ 65.6.70.16 ] on July 11, 2004 at 21:44:53:

In Reply to: Re: Well, I think that's essentially a different approach posted by manualblock on July 11, 2004 at 18:08:48:

I grew up and went to school in Boston. People always complain about getting lost in Boston because the streets are mostly paved-over colonial cow paths - twists, turns, no layout at all.

But New Orleans does them one better - they abandon the compass too. The city is on the east bank, except that the east bank is north of the river. The river runs west to east here. So guess where the West Bank (a defined area of New Orleans) is? Well, that one they made easy - it's south of the river.

I actually live not in New Orleans, but on the Northshore - of the lake that borders New Orleans to the north, on the east bank.

Get it?

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• Re: East, south, there's no such thing here - manualblock 07:55:06 07/12/04 (0)