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Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
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Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#42Answer for my location:
渋谷 ハチ公前広場 Plaza 0.32 Miles 道玄坂2-1
That's one of the most crowed places in the world. Fail
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#43It recommends the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica for me XD
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#44If 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.
I'm curious - wouldn't it be cheaper to check in with a sat phone daily, rather than having a bush pilot do a flyover?
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#45Asking for my location when I don't have any idea what is going on is a pretty quick way to get me to close the tab.
exactly. it should accept a street address, or if they don't want to use external mapping services, latitude and longitude.
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#46Answer for my location: 渋谷 ハチ公前広場 Plaza 0.32 Miles 道玄坂2-1 That's one of the most crowed places in the world. Fail
Googled the name and realized it's one of the most famous spots in Tokyo.
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#47Answer for my location: 渋谷 ハチ公前広場 Plaza 0.32 Miles 道玄坂2-1 That's one of the most crowed places in the world. Fail
Shibuya Hachiko square with the bronze dog (犬 # 8) ね? ... that was the subject of a Richard Gere movie plus it is perpetually crowded.
If you really want to avoid the masses using this app try accessing it via a VPN. App responds with 'could not find location' meaning you are now invisible which obviates the need for privacy.
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I'm curious - wouldn't it be cheaper to check in with a sat phone daily, rather than having a bush pilot do a flyover?
I would assume they don't want to carry a satellite phone as that would give them a connection to that which they are intentionally trying to get away from.
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#49I 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 a fairly Manhattanite-level concept of personal space.
Re: Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
#50I 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.
I like late-night park walks. Very relaxing, very few people.