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In my South American corner of the world, blocks are about 100m. Most cities there are relatively new (specially when compared to European ones), so most of the
by probably_wrong 7y ago
In my South American corner of the world, blocks are about 100m. Most cities there are relatively new (specially when compared to European ones), so most of them were planned from the beginning.
- yardie 7y agoUS blocks are 1/10th of a mile or ~500ft. So each block Can be really far from the next.
- nkrisc 7y agoPlease, we're not that consistent. In Chicago there's 8 blocks to the mile.
- yardie 7y agoI never implied we were. But the newer the city the more consistent the pattern. Most of the post war city planning is 500ft, baring geographical concerns. But a typical US city block is larger than Parisian block which is about 300ft, on average.
- nkrisc 7y agoI only said that because your statement could be interpreted as an absolute.
- ghaff 7y agoEven in a city like NYC which is a grid in many areas, blocks aren't really standard. Uptown (N/S) Manhattan blocks (about 20 per mile) are shorter than cross-town blocks. Crosstown are about 3x that but vary quite a bit. 300 ft.-600 ft. or 100m-200m (which I'd hardly consider a long distance) is not a bad rule of thumb but it's certainly not a standard.