There's an interesting hybrid system in New Orleans proper. The city follows the curve of the river, with original land grants being in the French classic front

There's an interesting hybrid system in New Orleans proper. The city follows the curve of the river, with original land grants being in the French classic frontage-and-depth layout (each grant received a certain minimum amount of river frontage, for shipping out products, and then extended back as far as was possible given the terrain). Within each original grant, there is a grid, and between them there are major boulevards to permit higher-speed, higher-volume traffic from one part of the city to another. But within each grid section, you're entirely on narrow, mostly residential streets - with a few commercial stretches scattered around, and far more neighborhood bars and restaurants in mostly-residential areas than is common in most of the US. Aside from the weather (it's almost always hot and humid), a very bikeable city. And if you're in a car, it usually only takes a few blocks of travel to get to a major road (e.g., the largely-pedestrian French Quarter bounded by Canal, Rampart, and Esplanade).