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US blocks are 1/10th of a mile or ~500ft. So each block Can be really far from the next.
by yardie 7y ago
US 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.