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I could have used a feature like that when my GPS told me to cut through the Chicago suburbs to avoid highway traffic on my trip across the U.S. last summer.

I was nearly scared to death.

My first trip to California I flew into John Wayne and stayed in LA for a couple of months. On the way back to John Wayne in OC I attempted to avoid traffic. The app took me straight through a pretty bad part of Compton. That was a fun experience.

Compton's the new Brooklyn, haven't you heard

Wouldn't that be pretty easy to do with a crime map for an area?

Just add an option to avoid high crime areas.

That's what the "avoid ghetto" function is, which really exists (and has for some time).

....where is this option? That kind of thing is invaluable in cities like Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, Philly, etc

I say we start taking lots of pictures in the ghetto, just to screw with them. Who's with me?