tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973790475035363652.post2850643881633951690..comments2013-09-10T17:29:43.136-07:00Comments on Upside Down on Mars: Portland's funhouse mirror, part 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973790475035363652.post-19132124674505490922012-08-17T13:17:46.370-07:002012-08-17T13:17:46.370-07:00There's also a lot of cryptic white-paint nota...There's also a lot of cryptic white-paint notations on the streets that can only be derived from occult symbols. They're helpful, but you only know what they mean if you've read the _Oregon Drivers Manual_ cover to cover. I did, and a good job, too, because that test was frakking hard.Barry Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433757296304643380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973790475035363652.post-75311845226877408982012-08-17T13:15:30.026-07:002012-08-17T13:15:30.026-07:00That's hilarious. I don't know _exactly_ h...That's hilarious. I don't know _exactly_ how bad the signage was when you were here, but I'm guessing it's no better. I hardly drive now, and when I do drive it's to somewhere like our storage unit that I know very well how to get to. I did drive around some when we first arrived to kind of learn the layout, and, yeah. There's one street close to UP where a tree has grown over the stop sign (it's also right after a hill) so the city helpfully put up a "Stop Ahead sign in the previous block. And they put THAT sign right behind a tree! I only barely caught it out of my peripheral vision. You really have to pay attention if you choose to drive here. Texting or trying to do multitask at all is REALLY dangerous. And gods help you if you DO miss a sign. At our end of downtown, if you try to get on I-5 or the 405, it's super easy to miss the turnoffs and if you do so, you're pretty much all in until Beaverton.<br />Barry Cochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433757296304643380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973790475035363652.post-42523002771791256972012-08-17T12:28:00.607-07:002012-08-17T12:28:00.607-07:00I hope the street sign placements have been improv...I hope the street sign placements have been improved. When we were there, unless you already knew where you were going, it would take a couple of passes to find the street you were looking for. <br /><br />Who's bright idea was it to run streets N/S - E/W. It really sucks during the equinox. Can't see a damned thing at sunrise or sunset if driving the E/W streets.<br />Abdul Alhazredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03273760097507455674noreply@blogger.com