I still remember… an apartment I lived in till the age of 8… like I could draw a map of the interior…
I still kinda remember some of the places of my relatives that I’ve been to frequently, although those memories are a little bit more blurry.
I remember some of the schools I’ve been to… like the general vibe of it, idk if I could actually draw a map… more of a notebook doodle maybe
I used to draw maps of my neighborhood when I was in brooklyn… yeah so… I wasn’t allowed much computer time and didn’t have a phone… and my brain kinda turned my attention to the surroundings and I just get so bored and draw a map of the neighborhood lol.
I have only lived in 3 places. I can definitely remember the second place, the longest one. I vaguely remember the first house I lived in until I was 5. Not sure how close my memory is to reality tho. The second house I could just load up a Doom .wad I still have from when I made my house in the game if I ever forgot or felt nostalgia for.
I made a Quake map of the restaurant I worked at for a college assignment! No clue where that file ended up though. Probably on a zip disk somewhere.
Basically anything after 5 I could probably draw you a pretty accurate map
I remember basically every house or apartment I’ve lived in, and every office I’ve worked in. Probably quite a few stores and restaurants I’ve frequented, schools I’ve attended. I can recall neighborhood layouts. Basically anything spatial.
Now, can I tell you what someone’s name is two minutes after they’ve told me? Not a chance.
Nearly every place. Apparently we lived in a place for a few months when I was first born.
Freaked out part of my family when I drew a map of the first house I remember. I think they finally figured out that children do remember things… And a lot of the shit I was put through I might remember
Freaked out part of my family when I drew a map of the first house I remember.
My mom brought me to her workplaces at least once… or maybe more times than that… (I don’t even remember how many times tbh) and then one day my older brother wanted to fight me so I got scared and I “ran from home” when I was like 6 years old… and at some point, I had the idea of just I want mommy so I took the bus there and I knew which stop to get off, but she wasn’t there at work because she already got notified by grandma so she went to file a missing persons report and so I took the bus home… then I got to the mall area near my apartment and saw a bunch of cops…
so when I told my mom about it, my mom was so shocked that I made my way to her workplace…
I doubt the cops even thought of looking that far, they probably just went around the neighborhood.
(literally Home Alone NYC shit, but it was in Guangzhou, China instead)
I just became like my family’s navigator basically.
My mom scolded me for running away, but then also praised me for being smart enough to find my way.
I remember them saying that I used to guided them around places because they stuggled to understand maps or whatever… idk… I don’t really remember about those from this point in time, just the memory of being told I was good at finding my way.
I also was their navigator throught NYC metro system… idk if my parents actually sucked at finding their way… or maybe they were just trying to make me feel confident in myself.
Vaguely, for most of the places I’ve lived, but the memories aren’t super clear, but I’m also probably between a 2 and a 3 on the aphantasia levels. So it not being super clear but a general idea of layout makes sense.
Places like work are a lot less distinct, as are shared living spaces where I spent more time in my space and didn’t go into other people’s rooms. I worked in television for a long time, and I remember how the studios and control rooms for filming were generally laid out, I don’t remember the organization for the rest of the building that I barely went into. I remember basically nothing at all about the first station I worked at, because they switched buildings and moved into a new space about a year after I started working there. I have a vague memory of the control room and studio, but it’s a lot less clear than the others, which are also vague.
I remember the layout of the park and pool that I worked at clearly, but that was one of my favorite jobs ever, so it tracks that I’d have a lot of memories of it. Also I worked alone so I had to cover the whole area instead of having areas that I wouldn’t go into.
I remember vaguely street layouts from places I’ve lived, but I usually have to go look at a map for a clearer picture in my mind how everything in the area was connected.
Yes, I thought back through them and I can totally remember and visualize them. But I’ve forgotten a lot of the address numbers.
I remember every place I’ve ever lived. My mind will not forget those things.
Pretty much, yes. I could probably draw them now, but I make no assumptions that it would be to scale.
I can’t draw you a map of routes I’ve taken, but I can see them in my head.
I remember drawing floorplans for fun as a kid after my dad brought home a book of them from a housing company - that was 30± years ago.
But I can’t tell you what I had for breakfast this morning.
Yep. Couldn’t tell you dates, names, or many events, but I have a great mental image of what the places looked like and how they were laid out.
The house I grew up in? Sure. Like the back of my hand. A couple other places maybe. But there was essentially a decade where I moved so many times I couldn’t even tell you what the house or apartment I rented looked like much less what the inside looked like if I tried. It’s been 30 years since I lived in my hometown, I wouldn’t get lost ever, but I don’t think I could find all the places I used to know.
TFC and TF2 maps
I launched TFC and went into a dead 2fort server not long ago. That was a major blast of nostalgia I can’t even begin to describe. Dustbowl, Well, Avanti, Badlands, etc. Good times and I think my first online mp experience.
That and Battlefield on bonus.com back in the day.
I’m going to have to try that. I love the scout with those concussion grenades, and that demo spam…
Haha oh yeah I played lots of medic and scout but mostly engi!
When I’m stressed out and need to calm myself, I run through the layouts of old buildings I used to work, live, or go to school in.
All of Skyrim
Ha, yes. I actually just had a funny moment about this a few weeks ago. I spent a lot of time as a teen in Canada (I live in the US.) One of my coworkers, by sheer coincidence, came from the same town I used to visit.
We were talking the other day and I mentioned that I had sushi for the first time in Canada. She asked where and I was like, “Oh, I don’t remember the name, but I know where it was.” She mentioned a name, which didn’t initially ring a bell, so I opened a map. I zoomed in on where I remembered walking until I found the spot, and instantly laughed. It was, indeed, the exact same place my coworker named.
It’s been over 20 years, but if I were to go to Canada and take the train into that town, I’d still be able to walk to that sushi place without any help.
I feel this is probably pretty common, unless you’ve lived in a bunch of different places for not very long at a time.
I’ve only lived in 3 places. (Well 4, but I was only like 2 or 3 when we left the first one)
Only 3 places for a decent amount of time while old enough to remember. Moved out of the first of those when I was 6. My only other places are the house I grew up in and a house I moved into with friends and co-workers.
None of my siblings remember the first house, but I could still draw a decent layout of it, and remember how it looked.
My main house I lived in the most I still know obviously, and my parents still own it, so I definitely haven’t forgotten it.
