I used to live in Boston. So true. Can't even see it on the map, but over half of those streets are probably one way AWAY from wherever you're trying to go. And street signs? HAH. non existent.
Tourists would come up to me and ask for directions. All you could really do is look at em with a sad expression and say
"I'm sorry, I have no idea how to tell you how to get there form here". You really either knew, or you didn't. There was no such thing as directions, you couldn't even tell them what street to take, signs were usually missing, usually you didn't even know the name of the street, even though you had been taking it for years.