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City street network orientation (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

São Paulo city is a messy case. It started out roughly circular, then that circle was distorted into a grid plan, then that grid plan was tied to a bunch of mismatching grids. Picture related:

As such it's hard to reach any conclusion taking its general layout into account.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

@lvxferre many of these cities shown here have external constraints (rivers, harbours, mountains, valleys, etc.).

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