None of our directions make sense.
I'm convinced that, when St. John's was settled, they decided the harbourfront downtown went West-to-East, when it's actually much closer to North-to-South.
Take this, for example. Look how rediculous it is that what we call "East" and "West" isn't actually called "North" and "South":
So, from that initial confusion comes all our problems with using the cardinal points. We don't even do it when giving directions.
I noticed when I moved to the Winnipeg, I'd ask how to get somewhere, and people would be like, "Go north on X, turn west on Y, and then south on Z and you're there."
And I'd thank them, get to the first intersection, and think, "I don't have a ****ing clue which way north is..."
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