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As a european, its pretty funny to see cities where the streets are so parallel
by dasanman 8y ago
As a european, its pretty funny to see cities where the streets are so parallel
- mercer 8y agohttp://www.anycerda.org/web/imagen/1266923209.foto1.tbl_fichas.0/Fotopla%20de%20l'Eixample.9-22.jpg http://www.anycerda.org/web/imagen/1266923209.foto1.tbl_fich...
- davidw 8y agoThe Romans laid things out in a grid.
- danieka 8y agoExcept for Rome itself which was rebuilt very hastily after the sack of Rome in 390 BC. But everywhere they went, particularly for military encampments, they brought the grid with them.
- arethuza 8y agoParts of the some European cities (e.g. Edinburgh's New Town) have regular parallel streets - just not quite at the scale of US cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town,_Edinburgh#/media/File:1768_James_Craig_Map_of_New_Town,_Edinburgh,_Scotland_(First_Plan_of_New_Town)_-_Geographicus_-_Edinburgh-craig-1768.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town,_Edinburgh#/media/Fil...