I'm digging this street view on Google Maps. My parents want to rent a place out here for a couple of months next year, and they asked me to drive by one place to check it out. Typed the address into Google Maps and...bam! Why drive by when I can send them the link to check it out themselves. Awesome.
Plus, they can now see how much better some other places are than that one. It's less expensive - for a reason. It's not the quietest or nicest area, for sure.
I'm still trying to talk them into just staying at my place, at least for part of the time.