“You can’t get there from here.” That’s the classic gag about New Englanders giving road directions — that somehow, the route that needs to be taken is so convoluted and confusing that there’s no way to negotiate between two points on the surface of the Earth. Logically, we know that’s not true. You can get anywhere from anywhere these days — especially if you can rely on transportation that doesn’t need to stick to the roads. But looking at some rural New England roads — and talking to locals about the best ways to negotiate those roads — you might well make that expression a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Posted by: Christopher J. Bucholtz April 19, 2012 05:00 AM“You can’t get there from here.” That’s the classic gag about New Englanders giving road directions — that somehow, the route that needs to be taken is so convoluted and confusing that there’s no way to negotiate between two points on the surface of the Earth. Logically, we know that’s not true. You can get anywhere from anywhere these days — especially if you can rely on transportation that doesn’t need to stick to the roads. But looking at some rural New England roads — and talking to locals about the best ways to negotiate those roads — you might well make that expression a self-fulfilling prophecy.