Driving

One of the things you notice when you come to Charlottesville is that none of the roads keep the same name. Honestly people, how hard is it to have streets maintain the same names for the entire length of their run.

You’re driving along, minding your own business, and all of a sudden, Emmet Street turns into Seminole Trail. Now, this isn’t that bad, because this is a huge, straight street. But it’s a symptom of the disease.

Anywhere you go, there’s a possibility of the street changing names on you when you cross an intersection (or at random if it feels like it). Often, this is at one of those 5-road crossing, where there are 3 roads coming together, one dead ending, and the other two leaving. How’re you ever supposed to figure this out on the fly if you’re unfamiliar?

Also, hurray for designing your roads based around paths that wildlife took. Those grid pattern streets just make it too easy to find your way around and don’t let tourists get lost in experience the culture of your town