I have exactly the opposite reaction. I can't stand the grid. I love cities I can get lost in. Streets that wind and wend are my favourite; ideally with a mix of canals and shortcuts. Wide, broad, straight streets are to my mind inhuman: built for grandeur and ego of despots in old cities, for cars in new ones. I like pedestrianized streets on a human scale, with organic layout and a mix of residential and retail. My home town of Galway, Ireland approaches the optimimum of small size that gives walkability and scale that gives diversity. Larger cities can be and often are formed like constellations of such smaller towns
I love getting lost in cities too, but if I'm in a rush nothing beats the simple "streets go this way, avenues go that way" grid of NYC. (that's just what I say in my head with matching hand motions)
That's only actually true between 14th and 187th streets in Manhattan. The other (80%? 90%?) of NYC has locally consistent, but globally inconsistent, street layouts.
In that case come visit Greenville, SC. Small but it looks like someone sneezed on a map and drew the road lines from there. It's chaos but you get used to it.
