8) Last one. The suburban streets tend to wind and twist more than most towns I've been to - partly because they weren't originally one street. There's streets with name changes every few miles as they cross towns. Same road, different name. It's mostly locals that can follow this without getting bewildered or lost. A person giving good directions will give you the street names as they appear when you're making a turn - but by and large, most locals will use one street name for the whole road and leave you to catch up.
A corrolary to this is that most St. Louisans never leave St. Louis. They do remember all the ways to get around and all that, but they'll remember Shiny Things that existed or happened years ago. More than once I've asked directions and gotten "Hang a left/right where X used to be..." which is of course no help at all to someone new to the area.
...Oh yes. And you follow the sports teams, so you'll definitely know this one.
The Mets are pond scum, and so are the Cubs, and being a fan of either team won't win you ANY friends. (And let's not talk about the attitudes toward Kansas City. It's not as bad as toward NY or Chicago, but it's pretty damn venomous unless we haven't got a team and they do, which is where it reverses cos at least they're Missourian.)
*salutes* Hopefully none of that was new, but if it was, have fun.
part 2
8) Last one. The suburban streets tend to wind and twist more than most towns I've been to - partly because they weren't originally one street. There's streets with name changes every few miles as they cross towns. Same road, different name. It's mostly locals that can follow this without getting bewildered or lost. A person giving good directions will give you the street names as they appear when you're making a turn - but by and large, most locals will use one street name for the whole road and leave you to catch up.
A corrolary to this is that most St. Louisans never leave St. Louis. They do remember all the ways to get around and all that, but they'll remember Shiny Things that existed or happened years ago. More than once I've asked directions and gotten "Hang a left/right where X used to be..." which is of course no help at all to someone new to the area.
...Oh yes. And you follow the sports teams, so you'll definitely know this one.
The Mets are pond scum, and so are the Cubs, and being a fan of either team won't win you ANY friends. (And let's not talk about the attitudes toward Kansas City. It's not as bad as toward NY or Chicago, but it's pretty damn venomous unless we haven't got a team and they do, which is where it reverses cos at least they're Missourian.)
*salutes* Hopefully none of that was new, but if it was, have fun.
(And wow, that was longer than I expected.)