Followed “garage sale” signs into a neighborhood of a 10-year-old homes in a strange town on our way up north.
Picked up a couple little things. Then got lost. Couldn’t find our way out of the twisting and turning maze of how housing developments are built these days.
After three passes by the same parked truck, without a GPS to talk us through it, and even the sun hiding behind the clouds, I did the next best thing. No, it wasn’t asking for directions. Just started following another vehicle, hoping it was headed “out” and not home.
It was, and we were saved.
So why do they design housing developments like a board game instead of the traditional square-block method with numbered and alphabetical streets so you can find your way in and out?
They’ll probably talk about the pleasing appearance of curved streets and irregular sight lines (but not that there are only two siding colors to pick from). My theory is that they can get even more homes per acre squeezed in, and thus it’s more profitable.
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