November 10, 2009
Exit Strategy NYC Helps Users Avoid Hard-Earned Insider Knowledge
Exit Strategy NYC is an iPhone app that has been available for a few months now and is a perfect example of mobile micro-efficiencies. With the app, users are shown what Metro car to board in order to arrive at the ideal exit. Core77 brings to the table a new perspective on how this changes the game for experiencing and learning in the city.
It's almost a point of pride among city dwellers to have a certain amount of hard-won, site-specific knowledge in their heads like "If I have to take a crap around 34th and 9th, there's that little place two blocks away I can sneak into and use the bathroom without having to buy anything" and "If I want to take the 6-train uptown and wind up exiting right by the staircase at 51st, I have to get on the train by the fourth pole at Canal Street," et cetera.
With apps like Exit Strategy and even Google Maps, we are able to hit the ground running upon arriving in a new city. The knowledge is in the cloud, and it is a lot easier to appear local while learning the ropes.
