Yes this sort of things fascinates me - the links from the past explain how fundamental things are structured today. A Harvard professor has a few books about t

Yes this sort of things fascinates me - the links from the past explain how fundamental things are structured today. A Harvard professor has a few books about this and talks specifically about how railroads stops from way back when are responsible for much of the layout of suburbia today. I'd imagine much of the placement of things is based on railroads from the steam era. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/388804.Outside_Lies_Magic https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/388804.Outside_Lies_Magi...