Conversation on The Sacramento Press about: The New Girl: Straight Talk from CHI was sad to leave nearly all my friends behind when I left the Bay Area, but the good news is that I have relatives coming out of the woodwork here in Citrus Heights, all within a few miles’ radius of my house. They have been leading busy lives here for decades and lifetimes. They are some of the smartest and funniest people I know, too. They probably wouldn’t take too kindly to my grousing about their neck of the woods, but then they’re the ones I stole the best lines from, so they have only...TheNewGirlBy: Susan WebbSusan Webb2009-11-20T07:19:07Z2009-11-20T07:19:07ZMy experience is that one would be given an intersection—or a mall—and not assume everyone knows which stores are where, because in the Bay Area, I think people are generally more transient and so also tend to be a little less personal. There are a lot of transplants here, too, but I think there, it's the norm and it's assumed you don't know, versus here where it's sometimes assumed you MUST know THAT!Susan Webb2009-11-20T07:19:07ZBy: William BurgWilliam Burg2009-11-18T04:34:50Z2009-11-18T04:34:50ZThe featureless nature of the postmodern suburban landscape promotes the use of whatever landmarks are available for navigation: large big-box stores are the most identifiable things on the landscape, so it is natural to use them for waypoints. You probably did it in the Bay Area too, if you lived in a suburb, but didn't really notice it because you already knew where the Costco was.William Burg2009-11-18T04:34:50ZBy: Mike WMike W2009-11-17T19:44:04Z2009-11-17T19:44:04ZWelcome!Mike W2009-11-17T19:44:04Z