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I'm one of those disgusting lucky ones -- let me go somewhere once and I'll always find it again. That being said, TV had me seriously ticked off when I first moved here. No one warned me that streets not only circled but looped over themselves; that a "road" was a whopping two blocks long but then existed again three blocks over; that a "circle" changed names and, thus, you had two streets with the same name. Talk about frustrating!

I've learned to pretty much ignore street names and just count streets or notice certain landmarks (people better not remove their trees or decor -- I'll have to start all over learning that area). Learn your main streets (Morse, Buena Vista, Canal, Boone; 441, 466, 466A, Odell (1 and 2); Belle Aire, Legacy and Belle Meade; whatever the main street is that goes from Sanibel to Gilchrist (forget the name)). Once you know those grids, it becomes easier. Then you just have to learn your neighborhood and where your friends and rec centers are in connection to the main streets.