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> evolved organically over 2000 years from its origin as Roman Londinium Just as that other Roman town Lutetia. Paris and London are very similar in a lot of r
by kergonath 4y ago
> evolved organically over 2000 years from its origin as Roman Londinium
Just as that other Roman town Lutetia. Paris and London are very similar in a lot of respects.
- jmfldn 4y agoParis' road system was redesigned. It seems far less haphazard than London to me, at least the bits I've seen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Pa...
- kergonath 4y agoYes (and London is deadlier for cyclists), but that’s not because of the Roman origins of either city.