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A few weeks ago I came up with a conspiracy theory about Dublin 4

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that Google Maps is avoiding me walking up a certain road,

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possibly because some fancy tech bros or sisters live there

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and don't want me walking up their nice road with their nice houses.

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Very clear from this Google Maps image

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that the Park Avenue route looks quicker as the crow flies,

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and yet it will not suggest that route for me.

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So I'm gonna test the theory.

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23 minutes is the estimated time.

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Let's see if we can beat this.

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So I headed off up the Forbidden Park Avenue road

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instead of the route Google Maps wanted me to take.

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And in order for my science to be 100% accurate,

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I of course

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checked the pace that Google Maps expects the average person to walk.

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I then counted how many steps it takes in order to walk at such a pace.

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And I then looked up a playlist on Spotify

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which had the exact BPM of the number of steps I needed to make

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per minute. With Dua Lipa in my ears,

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I was able to take stock of everything that Park Avenue had to offer.

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A lot of electric gates, a lot of big gas.

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And as I walked, it was becoming clear to me

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I wasn't just gonna beat the 23 minute estimation, I was gonna smash it.

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I've arrived 10 minutes faster!

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10 minutes faster than the alternative route.

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If that's not proof of the theory,

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That there's a tech bro or sister living on Park Avenue,

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blocking people from walking up that road.

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For a shorter walking route.

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Then I don't know what is.

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We have cracked this case wide open. Where to next?