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pauldun170
12-15-2009, 10:57 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hickory,+NC&sll=35.732927,-81.344962&sspn=0.025256,0.038581&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hickory,+Catawba,+North+Carolina&ll=35.732509,-81.341829&spn=0.01599,0.039268&z=15
CasterTroy
12-15-2009, 11:06 AM
By plugging in Hickory? :idk:
pauldun170
12-15-2009, 11:09 AM
By plugging in Hickory? :idk:

How many 1rst Ave's/4rth Ave/4rth st do you see?
Rider
12-15-2009, 11:15 AM
Streets go North, South, Avenues go East, West. All have a SW, NW, SE,NE designation to tell you what side of downtown you are on. It isn't that difficult to figure out.
z06boy
12-15-2009, 11:15 AM
How many 1rst Ave's/4rth Ave/4rth st do you see?

:lol: That's not too far from here and I've only driven in that area a few times but it is pretty chopped up with many similar sounding road names.
CasterTroy
12-15-2009, 11:15 AM
:lol

"You ain't from round here ARE you BOY"


:lmao:

As many times as I've been to Hickory, I've never noticed that
goof2
12-15-2009, 11:15 AM
See the parts after the street name (NE, SE, NW, SW)? Those mean something.redflip
z06boy
12-15-2009, 11:17 AM
:lol

"You ain't from round here ARE you BOY"


:lmao:

As many times as I've been to Hickory, I've never noticed that

:rofl: Me either.
lauralynne
12-15-2009, 11:25 AM
We've got that here too - and then you have to make sure you've got St. vs. Ave. right - and Places are in there too. Very common urban planning. There are intersections of 1st st and 1st ave
unknownroad
12-15-2009, 12:50 PM
That's pretty logical... i'd take it any day over Atlanta's Peachtree mayhem :willy:
LeeNetworX
12-15-2009, 01:20 PM
That's pretty logical... i'd take it any day over Atlanta's Peachtree mayhem :willy:

No shit. I don't know how I'd make it around the metro if it wasn't for GPS.
z06boy
12-15-2009, 02:41 PM
That's pretty logical... i'd take it any day over Atlanta's Peachtree mayhem :willy:

That's definitely a screwed up area if you're not familiar witha it.
neebelung
12-15-2009, 03:01 PM
We've got that here too - and then you have to make sure you've got St. vs. Ave. right - and Places are in there too. Very common urban planning. There are intersections of 1st st and 1st ave

Yup, that's how Jax Beach is, too. It's all North or South, or Ave or Street... took me a bit to catch on, but now it's easy. :lol:
shmike
12-15-2009, 05:06 PM
Streets go North, South, Avenues go East, West. All have a SW, NW, SE,NE designation to tell you what side of downtown you are on. It isn't that difficult to figure out.

Got to love the grid system.

Unfortunately, not all are created equal. It can vary from city to city.

Here, streets are E-W and Ave's are N-S.

Odd numbers are on the N & W side of the street. Evens on the S & E.
Captain Morgan
12-15-2009, 06:28 PM
Not much different than new subdivisions that have streets named Mapletree Lane, Mapletree Drive, Mapletree Street, Mapletree Avenue, Mapletree Road, Mapletree Circle...did I leave any out?
Trip
12-15-2009, 07:58 PM
Hickory is pretty easy, been there a lot with my wife.
ericr
12-15-2009, 08:56 PM
No shit. I don't know how I'd make it around the metro if it wasn't for GPS.

It wasn't so bad until they named 3000 streets Martin Luther King ;)
LeeNetworX
12-16-2009, 07:40 AM
It wasn't so bad until they named 3000 streets Martin Luther King ;)

That doesn't help, either.
Particle Man
12-16-2009, 11:12 AM
Should combine it with this and see what happens:

http://www.twowheelfix.com/showthread.php?t=12179