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Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

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Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

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Apparently some people downvoted you without clicking the link to see that the route is indeed backwards.

I think it’s more that it’s a fairly useless correction which makes no real difference.

> I think it’s more that it’s a fairly useless correction which makes no real difference.

You can't assume all roads are two-way/full duplex. It is possible (not sure how frequent) that going from A to B takes considerably longer than going from B to A.

Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

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Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.036806...

Bird-in-hand gets you pretty close to Paradise, but not as nice as Intercourse. A lot of town names in that area are like this for some probably not-perverse reason.

Some discussion here:

https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lanc...

Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it’s more that it’s a fairly useless correction which makes no real difference.

> I think it’s more that it’s a fairly useless correction which makes no real difference. You can't assume all roads are two-way/full duplex. It is possible (not sure how frequent) that going from A to B takes considerably longer than going from B to A.

Something that's often not taken into account on Google Maps, but important particularly for cyclists and heavy vehicles, is incline, which can be very different depending on which way you're going.

Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

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I think it’s more that it’s a fairly useless correction which makes no real difference.

You are wrong my dear, it makes all the difference.

Well, Fucking to Petting and back to Fucking is usually about an hour for me.

Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

#99

Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.036806...

And Shitterton in Dorset: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wa...

Don't forget Boring (Oregon), sister city of Dull (Scotland).

Re: Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging

#100

Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.036806...

They need to twin with Nobby's Beach.
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