In most of the city the roads apparently go where the cows went. In newer subdivisions I think they used drunk cows.

Modern subdivisions are designed to be hard to drive *through* so that you won't try. That helps sell homes. There are places within a mile of my house where I'd be lost despite living here 15 years, and that was the developer's goal.

Once out of a neighborhood maze I can find my way around just about any part of town. I invariably do a better job of picking a route than the car's GPS navigation system, except for the first and last miles if they are in a designed subdivision maze.

My weakness is knowing secondary evacuation routes. I live in the NW side of town and in an urban disaster situation I'd flee to Dallas for initial sanctuary with friends. But driving north on I-35 in that situation would be hopeless - I need to know routes west and then north so I can avoid the traffic mess.

PS. Not only do we have three roads named "Anderson Lane" in the same part of town, all three used to meet at one intersection.