Update: I drove past the same blue house in Springfield three times in one day, each time on a different street.

I was running errands last Tuesday, and I swear I saw this specific robin's egg blue house with a red door from three separate routes. I even checked my map app, and they were miles apart. It wasn't a similar house, it was the exact same one (I remember the weird garden gnome by the steps). It felt like the town layout just shuffled itself. Has anyone else had a building or landmark seem to move around on them?

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grace_chen19h agoMost Upvoted

Springfield has a ton of those mid-century ranch houses that all look the same, especially in older neighborhoods. The builder probably used the same blue paint and red door on a bunch of them to save money. You were just on different streets in the same development, so it makes sense you'd see repeats. That gnome statue is probably sold at every garden center in the state, so it's not a unique marker. Couldn't it just be a case of getting turned around and not realizing how close those streets really are?

victor_perry9019h ago

Yeah I had that happen with a gas station once, lmao. I took a picture each time to compare and they were actually different spots. It's wild how our brains fill in details when places look similar.