I do, I do!
I learned when I was about 8 or 9. I would sometimes travel with my father, and he would hand me the folded road map and ask me to tell him when we reached certain checkpoints. I could still do it today. In fact, I’d rather have one of those on hand than try to navigate with a phone.
There’s a thick book of local street maps in the trunk of my car, even though a lot of the streets and connections have changed since I bought it. I still have atlases and paper maps of foreign cities in my library.
As long as your map is up to date with streets in Santa Monica, I can do it. Although I’d much rather navigate while someone else drives.
It’s Boston Common, by the way. No S.