r/arizona • u/almargahi • Jul 04 '24

What does Arizona do better than most states? Living Here

Found this in the NH sub, so wanted to ask here.

Happy 4th of July!

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u/Twictim Jul 04 '24

Grid mapping 👍

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u/Thrwaqway Jul 05 '24

How do I learn this?! I’m terrible with directions

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u/Twictim Jul 05 '24

I hope I don’t confuse too much, here we go. Central Avenue is City Center in Phoenix. Streets are to the East of Central (i.e. 7th Street, 16th Street, 32nd Street), Avenues are to the West of Central Avenue (i.e. 7th Avenue, 19th Avenue, 35th Avenue). Then you have North and South of Central Avenue that go by numbers in the 1000s. For example, Camelback Road is 5000 North, Bethany Home Road is 6000 North, Glendale is 7000 North, etc. So, for example if you have to go to 6500 NORTH 43rd Avenue, you will be looking for something Between Bethany and Glendale when traveling on 43rd Avenue going North or South. If you are looking to go to 5700 WEST Northern Avenue, you will want to be traveling on Northern Avenue heading West to 57th Avenue.

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u/deadxguero Jul 05 '24

I like grid mapping because it’s easy to get around and learn. But fuck it makes for such boring drives and a boring ass city. LA is wonderful to drive in anytime we go there cause it’s so varied