This getting old is weird

So sometime this last year I apparently hit the age that makes me look like I am a nice and knowledgeable enough person to ask directions from. It happens almost every time I walk outside, someone or a couple of someones will ask me how to get somewhere.

If only they knew, growing up I was never aware of my surroundings. I literally got into an argument on a cellphone with my mother about them(the royal them?) moving a freeway on ramp (pro-tip the freeway on ramp was located where they believed it to be located). It was in not moved so much as I had turned the wrong way (miles before) and no where near where I was telling them that I was. Since High School I have learned how to navigate the city in a much better fashion, and more importantly I am able to visualize the layouts of cities, make connections and generally pay attention where I am going. I take note of street names, notice businesses and am getting to the point I've told people I could make it from Federal Way to Lynwood on surface streets (no highways or Freeways). For those that don't live in the area, it is well south of the city of Seattle to well north of the city of Seattle. It would take forever, by freeway at normal speed it takes about 40+ minutes to do. By surface street I expect it would be about an hour and a half, maybe longer.

Wow that was tangential, but I'm curious what type of people do you look for when you are considering asking someone for directions?