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What Were They Thinking?

grrlscientist | December 11, 2009

tags: Hickory, North Carolina, street map, city planning, comedy, humor, fucking hilarious Image: Google Maps [larger view]. This is the Google street map for Hickory, North Carolina. Take a close look at this map and then tell me that the city planner wasn't high on some seriously mind-altering drugs. I'll bet this city requires a PhD for its pizza delivery people and postal workers, and no formal education at all from its city planners (courtesy of my friends at Reddit).

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