Quick story.
My junior year of college I spent the second semester in Washington, D.C. at the Capitol Hill Internship Program (CHIP).
As a kid from a small-town I was out of my element in Washington, D.C. and I realized that immediately. I walked out of Union Station and instead of asking for directions I just flipped a coin on whether I turned left or right.
Well I turned right and walked probably 45 minutes to an hour. If I would have turned left I would have found the house I was looking for within three blocks.