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Sep 22Liked by Nishant Jain

When you query bus numbers (we have many three-digit ones, hard to recall and easy to mix up) you tend to get told they encode important information about where the bus goes. If you’re a stranger trying to navigate, even in possession of the code you’d still be lost; and whatever you do or don’t know, all you want to know is where the bus is heading. You can bet the people who think this stuff up don’t ride buses!

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I am positive that they don’t!

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That's so weird. There's probably a very quirky story behind all this, containing rivaling neighborhoods and grand egos.

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I'm sure it's something like that!

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When I lived in Atlanta Ga it was so confusing f for new people or visitors were all the different Peachtree streets, roads, etc. plus the streets are not a grid but follow historic old trails meandering every which way. Enjoyed your Wild Wonder presentation. Fantastic!!

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That's how streets in India are too. No grids, just natural flows like meandering rivers indeed. Glad to hear from you, Suzanne, and to have you as a reader!

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Oct 6·edited Oct 6Liked by Nishant Jain

more than your writing, I'm sold for your hand-drawn pictures 😍

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🥰 thank you!

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Sep 25Liked by Nishant Jain

Brisbane Queensland Australia. We have north of the river and south of the river and you are either a southside person or a northside person and would never deign to live on the other side of the river. 😅

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Ha!

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Here in the United States, east-west highways are even, and north-south are odd. Not sure if this applies to bus routes in Toronto, but looking at the route map you've shown, it would appear to be so.

As far as the close similarities in pronunciation of "15" and "50"...someone thought it would be easier to remember? And then clearly, that backfired. Dunno

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Sep 24Liked by Nishant Jain

A strange phenomenon of changing the number of the bus enroute and back. You could've posted the photograph of this. That would have given more value to this writeup.

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I tried to figure out my current city's bus routes but I haven't been able to so I stick with my car.

As to your question about downtown areas: in Texas, I think the downtown area is around the middle-ish of the cities, at least in most of the urban areas. Some small towns have a literal square which usually has a courthouse/park/or some kind of building, and then is surrounded by various shops. It just depends where you are, I guess

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Sep 23Liked by Nishant Jain

I was watching your Wild Wonder presentation when this came in! I just finished posting about my Wild Wonder experience, and yours was one of my very favorite presentations of the entire conference. I live in Portland OR, which has a great public transit system. My family uses it all the time, and it's a great place to people watch and draw.

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I am so glad to hear that, Patti! It was such an incredible conference, I learned so much in just a few talks. It’s been a while since I visited Portland, but I remember the great public transit. Drawing in transit is such a joy!

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