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These things sound efficient and productive, but I don't think that makes them better.

• davidw 4y ago
  At the end of the day, it's better for people, too, to live in a place that can grow and adapt, where they can walk to a coffee shop, or ride their bikes on a quieter side street instead of being shunted into a nasty collector street with deadly 40mph traffic.
  • barnabee 4y ago
    I feel like London, for example (along with many other European cities), achieves this goal as well or better than any rigidly grid based city I’ve ever visited.
    • davidw 4y ago
      Ah, I see where you're coming from. Someplace like London has a core that was laid out as a grid by the Romans (Londinium) and then that sort of medieval 'hodge podge' that grows out organically. Still very human oriented, if a bit more confusing, and definitely 'interesting'. I lived in Padova, Italy for many years, which has a similar pattern, albeit on a smaller scale. It's pretty nice, although a grid is still probably more convenient for a lot of day to day life things.