Cool idea, though quite a few of the listed places are currently closed, so I didn't need the app to know there's nobody there.
Just break in! No other humans inside.
Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
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#23I avoid humans by going to restaurants and bars? I don't get it.
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#24This is neat - however every location near me is considered GREEN (low population). Maybe that's true, but any time I've been to Wegman's... it's been packed. Of course, maybe Foursquare just isn't popular enough around here.
Same for me, and I'm currently standing in a skyscraper along the Vancouver waterfront. Maybe the zombie apocalypse happened and I missed it?
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#25Pretty inaccurate for Sunnyvale CA. Among its list of local empty spots is a restaurant that's packed every time I go to it and a park that's always filled with parents with young children, senior citizens out walking, and impromptu pickup games of soccer & volleyball.
I think this is more like "Avoid Foursquare and Instagram users", which may have some value to it anyway.
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#26I recently asked a friend in Manhattan how people there cope with the lack of personal space. She told me that whenever she needs a break from social interaction she just eats in a restaurant by herself. There may be hundreds of others around but they'll generally sense that you don't want to be bothered.
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#27I recently asked a friend in Manhattan how people there cope with the lack of personal space. She told me that whenever she needs a break from social interaction she just eats in a restaurant by herself. There may be hundreds of others around but they'll generally sense that you don't want to be bothered.
That's something I like about cities. If you do that in small towns, people might be more likely to approach you.
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#28So apparently, to avoid humans in my low density suburb I should - rather than, say, go to a park or trail - go to (1) Dunkin Donuts; (2) the local pizza place (3) the supermarket.
Exactly. I thought it would give me a list of resorts in remote areas, away from cities, close to wilderness etc. But it just uses Foursquare and Instagram check ins. Who uses Foursquare anymore?
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#29To test this manually, go to google maps and paste the lat/long into this site. e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6205099,-122.3493306,19.75z --> http://avoidhumans.com/list.php?lat=47.6205099&lng=-122.3493... Is their data purely comprised of people who use this app? No wonder everything is green everywhere...
No, it's based on foursquare and other location based app check ins.
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#30It's just a list of every business, all rated green.