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Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853,-77.0450144,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7c6de5af6e45b:0xc2524522d4885d2a!8m2!3d38.907

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853,-77.0450144,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7c6de5af6e45b:0xc2524522d4885d2a!8m2!3d38.9071923!4d-77.0368707?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

ebg13 6y ago
Not very similar. Those DC "circles" just crosscut a rectangular array. The area itself does not appear radial.
- MrMetlHed 6y ago
  Gotcha. It was the only city that immediately came to my mind as at least having circles embedded in it.
- dylan604 6y ago
  DC is modeled after the square and compass symbols http://dcpages.com/gallery/Capitol-Square-Compass-Tour/WashDC-Square-Compass.jpg.html http://dcpages.com/gallery/Capitol-Square-Compass-Tour/WashD...
pwinnski 6y ago
There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site. That's something I associate with Europe, not America. In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.
- MrMetlHed 6y ago
  What about some of these retirement communities like Sun City, Arizona: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-112.2934111,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b4255be4b0dad:0x2c2dfa70427a8a91!8m2!3d33.5975393!4d-112.2718239?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-...
  - kohtatsu 6y ago
    Apple Maps link: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=33.6292+-112.2934&ia=web&iaxm=maps https://duckduckgo.com/?q=33.6292+-112.2934&ia=web&iaxm=maps These look pretty cosy.
    - pwinnski 6y ago
      This site claims to create American-style cities, but includes images with radial circles that extend about seven blocks, which is not at all something most people associate with American cities, but do associate with, say, Spain. https://maps.probabletrain.com/images/heightmap/map(66).png https://maps.probabletrain.com/images/heightmap/map(66).png The urban density in these images is also more commonly found in Europe than America. Which is fine! It's a generator for European-style cities, and it's neat! But so far, only low-density western desert cities have anything like 7-ringed wedges like this, and I suspect that most people, like me, didn't know those existed there before this thread.
  - moondev 6y ago
    Gotta say that design is pretty cool looking. I like how they put a golf course on the perimeter!
    - kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
      I'd chalk it up there with the "deigners" who draw swoopy lines for parking lots that look great on a map and are a nightmare to use.
  - pwinnski 6y ago
    Well-found! I had no idea those existed, but they do seem to fit the radial nature of the procedural designs. Of course, they're much, much, much less dense than the designs, but the generator is still neat. Just not very "American-style" IMO.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site There's plenty of them in the western edge of Las Vegas.
mc32 6y ago
Also the Woodward plan for Detroit: https://www.recivilization.net/AmericanCityBuilding/215woodwardsdetroit.php https://www.recivilization.net/AmericanCityBuilding/215woodw...
- Lammy 6y ago
  > What's it all about? No one knows what Woodward was really thinking, but with the geometrical mania that blossomed with the birth of the United States, it should not be surprising to find a backwoods judge thinking along the same lines as architects of the Italian Renaissance. Is this sarcasm? Am I being wooshed? The street plan is the same obvious Masonic imagery that's on the back of every Federal Reserve Note. Take a look at the incredibly beautiful Detroit Masonic Temple and imagine it as the "Eye" in the Eye of Providence that would have been the street layout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple And look where it is in Detroit compared to the tiny bit of the street plan that was implemented: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masonic+Temple/@42.3351973,-83.0561266,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8824d2b52914640d:0x6b965658df8a8113!8m2!3d42.3416986!4d-83.0602968?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masonic+Temple/@42.3351973... Really cool; thanks for the link!
crazygringo 6y ago
Those are just traffic circles with some spokes. The generated maps show concentric circles, which is super-unusual in the US. I don't think I've seen it anywhere. I'm actually curious if it's a common pattern in some other country.

ebg13 6y ago

Not very similar. Those DC "circles" just crosscut a rectangular array. The area itself does not appear radial.

MrMetlHed 6y ago
Gotcha. It was the only city that immediately came to my mind as at least having circles embedded in it.
dylan604 6y ago
DC is modeled after the square and compass symbols http://dcpages.com/gallery/Capitol-Square-Compass-Tour/WashDC-Square-Compass.jpg.html http://dcpages.com/gallery/Capitol-Square-Compass-Tour/WashD...

pwinnski 6y ago

There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site. That's something I associate with Europe, not America. In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.

MrMetlHed 6y ago
What about some of these retirement communities like Sun City, Arizona: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-112.2934111,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872b4255be4b0dad:0x2c2dfa70427a8a91!8m2!3d33.5975393!4d-112.2718239?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-...
- kohtatsu 6y ago
  Apple Maps link: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=33.6292+-112.2934&ia=web&iaxm=maps https://duckduckgo.com/?q=33.6292+-112.2934&ia=web&iaxm=maps These look pretty cosy.
  - pwinnski 6y ago
    This site claims to create American-style cities, but includes images with radial circles that extend about seven blocks, which is not at all something most people associate with American cities, but do associate with, say, Spain. https://maps.probabletrain.com/images/heightmap/map(66).png https://maps.probabletrain.com/images/heightmap/map(66).png The urban density in these images is also more commonly found in Europe than America. Which is fine! It's a generator for European-style cities, and it's neat! But so far, only low-density western desert cities have anything like 7-ringed wedges like this, and I suspect that most people, like me, didn't know those existed there before this thread.
- moondev 6y ago
  Gotta say that design is pretty cool looking. I like how they put a golf course on the perimeter!
  - kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
    I'd chalk it up there with the "deigners" who draw swoopy lines for parking lots that look great on a map and are a nightmare to use.
- pwinnski 6y ago
  Well-found! I had no idea those existed, but they do seem to fit the radial nature of the procedural designs. Of course, they're much, much, much less dense than the designs, but the generator is still neat. Just not very "American-style" IMO.
reaperducer 6y ago
There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site There's plenty of them in the western edge of Las Vegas.

mc32 6y ago

Also the Woodward plan for Detroit: https://www.recivilization.net/AmericanCityBuilding/215woodwardsdetroit.php https://www.recivilization.net/AmericanCityBuilding/215woodw...

Lammy 6y ago
> What's it all about? No one knows what Woodward was really thinking, but with the geometrical mania that blossomed with the birth of the United States, it should not be surprising to find a backwoods judge thinking along the same lines as architects of the Italian Renaissance. Is this sarcasm? Am I being wooshed? The street plan is the same obvious Masonic imagery that's on the back of every Federal Reserve Note. Take a look at the incredibly beautiful Detroit Masonic Temple and imagine it as the "Eye" in the Eye of Providence that would have been the street layout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple And look where it is in Detroit compared to the tiny bit of the street plan that was implemented: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masonic+Temple/@42.3351973,-83.0561266,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8824d2b52914640d:0x6b965658df8a8113!8m2!3d42.3416986!4d-83.0602968?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masonic+Temple/@42.3351973... Really cool; thanks for the link!

crazygringo 6y ago

Those are just traffic circles with some spokes. The generated maps show concentric circles, which is super-unusual in the US. I don't think I've seen it anywhere. I'm actually curious if it's a common pattern in some other country.