This content creator is asking how did we get around before GPS

Our brains worked more goodly back then

He looks too old to be asking that

So go down the road by the school, then turn left at the McDonalds. Go down that road for like 5 minutes until you pass the farmer’s field with the red barn. Keep going but look to then left and you’ll see a house with a swing. We are four houses down from that on the right.

Mostly trial and error

Used to just cut out and get lost. Wouldn't make it home until you found your way back.. road trips would often include pitstops at hotels so we could print out map quest directions.

You get directions from whoever place your going to. Find a place yall both know then go from there. "You know where this store is? Yea yea! Ok, so then your gonna go this way til you see this road then drive til you see this church then drive til u see this road on the left, and second house on right."

Landmarks.

We would be like, "Drive about 2 miles down the main drag, you'll see a church with a church with chipped paint on the steeple. Turn left there, drive a quarter mile from there until you see 3 stacked hay bales. If you see 2 stacked, you've gone too far."

And it worked, oddly.

A big ass book called an Atlas. Paper maps that fold up and Atlases are becoming scarce everywhere you go

Genuinely proven that memory retention has dropped severely since the introduction of smart phones. Plenty of folks used to be able to competently drive all around their state with basically no issues. I'd bet the average now is their town.