This probably only works for maybe New York and San Francisco. I'm in Toronto -- where few people use Foursquare/Swarm -- and it's basically just a list of every location near me.
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#32If you can deal wih maybe 20 people, a rafting trip on the Tamur in Nepal is the closest I have come to absolutely "no one else here". No wifi. No electricity. A couple of nights with only the group and a large bonfire.
Every few years my uncle takes a fishing trip in Alaska. He and two or three others are dropped off by plane and raft down a river for a week. Once a day the plane flies overhead to check up on them and at the end of the week picks them up. Other than that they never see another person.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
They avoided kerning.
I hate how the word "kerning" has an "n" after an "r"
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#34Pretty 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.
I check-in with Swarm at most places I visit. I'm usually the only person checked-in, even if it's fairly busy (which is to say that you're almost certainly right).
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#35Pretty 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.
It’s not great in San Francisco either. I looked for parks nearby and it recommended Union Square.
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#36Pretty 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.
I feel like something is broken on here. There isn't a single red or yellow icon, where I live, in LA either.
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#38Mine points to a McDonald's nearby. Hmm...
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#40Living in NYC, the only place where I can be alone is the special classroom students in my program have access through with a key. It's open 24/7.
Among the results I get I see Lincoln Center Plaza, which has tourists, Juilliard students, musicians and people that see those musicians. I also see Columbus Circle, which has one of the busiest subway stations and a mall.
I'll give some of the other places a try. This is a great idea for an app.