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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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This was the actual reason if I recall correctly. He lived on a small side street that suddenly had lots of traffic. He realized Google maps was suggesting that street for directions and came up with this ingenious plan to get Google to redirect traffic elsewhere.
The article says that it was just an experiment and the artist's original post doesn't mention anything else.
"Nobody drives down that street anymore, it's too crowded."
Nobody drives anymore. There's too much traffic
Actual thing New Yorkers say ๐
Is that a Yogi Berra quote variation? I love it, my dad would always say that
I couldn't tell you who said the original, I was riffing on a version I read in a joke book where it was a restaurant instead of a road. "Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore..."
No, as far as we know, it was just an (art) experiment of sorts