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You could always say no as I did. though its not loaded in the time I have taken to write this.
That's because it uses your location to determine nearby locations to search, so without your location it doesn't really do anything.
Pretty 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.
Terrible recommendations for my neighborhood in Oakland... the top 3 recommended places are the 3 of the most popular and crowded restaurants and bars in the area. The top one being the restaurant that's so busy it's generally hard to walk past on the sidewalk because there are so many people waiting out front.
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I just left New York after 12 years. One day, while I still lived there, I decided to see if there was anywhere I could be in Manhattan without seeing another human being in my field of vision. It took me several weeks of exploring possibilities, none of which were successful. Even Central Park didn't work, there was always someone wandering by, no matter how remote the spot. I finally found the only spot where I cou…
That's beautiful, thanks for sharing.
If 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.
Dealing with twenty people doesn't sound like solitude. Plenty of places in the world you can get in a car, drive out somewhere, and be completely alone.