Michael Hoffman wrote:

Boltar wrote:

I don't expect to see street maps upside down or
back to front just because the wall they're on is facing a certain
direction
so who in gods name thought it would be a good idea for line diagram to
be
like that?


I agree, this is nutty.

It's the most natural thing in the world, once you get used to it (as I
did when I lived abroad).

It just seems awfully counter-intuitive the first times you come across it.