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minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThere weren’t computers when NYC’s grid was laid out either.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoAnd the ancient Romans, and Indus valley people another couple millennia earlier were both fond of grid plans. They’re considered passe, but there’s real advantage in terms of easy scalability and adaptability to changing land uses.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWell, there were. But back then computers had hair and nails.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoMmm, hot computers. Giggity.
There weren’t computers when NYC’s grid was laid out either.
And the ancient Romans, and Indus valley people another couple millennia earlier were both fond of grid plans.
They’re considered passe, but there’s real advantage in terms of easy scalability and adaptability to changing land uses.
Well, there were. But back then computers had hair and nails.
Mmm, hot computers. Giggity.