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BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Ugh that grid pattern. Imagine living somewhere so uninspired.
Hawke@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Same car dependency grid but from different socioeconomic posh level.
(Actually the density is lower, so as a suburb it’s worse & traveling distances/city area larger.)
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What’s this?
protist@retrofed.com 2 weeks ago
A common American suburban development
Hawke@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A “modern” design, the current trend of shitty suburban layout that seems to be the alternative to the grid layout complained about.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Agree, all the roads lead nowhere.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Lived on a grid the last 15 years and it objectively rules. The “objectively” part is the appreciating property values of the home I just sold, which outpaced those of cul-de-sac homes is my area over that same timeframe. Grid gang 4 lyfe
Saapas@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Are those the two options, grid or cul-de-sac
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have you considered maybe it’s easier to navigate and plan a grid pattern? I wouldn’t mind uninspired street names like 1st, 2nd, 3rd St, crossways with N, O, P, Q Ave so you at least know which direction is which. Give me that chess board layout so I don’t need to pull up a map to navigate your city please. Car C1 takes Bar G5
baines@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
and then 14th SE doesnt connect with 14th NE
thanks portland
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
My city has a street that changes name 4 times as you go down it.
daychilde@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Better than Atlanta that names every road Peachtree :)
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Are you in Austin? Because Austin has that.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lexington, KY? They have several that do that.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Sure but you’ll never encounter the magic of a crooked alley snaking its way through a maze of medieval building.
protist@retrofed.com 2 weeks ago
Istanbul blew my naive American mind when I visited
The_v@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tunis, Tunisia. The old town was something else.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not medieval, but, Boston has some good alleys, nooks, and crannies.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes! I can get up so much speed on those straight roads! Blow through a few stop signs and I can easily drive all the way through a house!
Easy navigation isn’t relevant in a neighborhood of nothing but houses and play space, roads with curves are incredibly important to slow the flow of traffic
compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There’s a flipside too though. Straight lines aren’t great for suburbs for the speed reason, but once you reach enough density and the roads get narrow enough, grids make planning easier, and navigating easier for pedestrians. Roundabouts are a nice way to slow traffic through straight roads
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok? So put straight roads in your cities and high density areas. Neighborhoods of just houses aren’t what you’re describing
daychilde@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Straight roads have little to do with driver speed. It’s how you design the roads. Wide lanes with buildings set back from the road? Higher speeds. That’s why some initiatives put curbs that jut out into the road (not into the lanes of travel) with trees and plants and such, and remove road striping. Combine pedestrians and road traffic on a road that looks more like a parking lot and you get drivers driving slowly. Sounds counter-intuitive, but it works.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah, pedestrians aren’t really a consideration in this kind of town planning.
If they were, they would’ve put in sidewalks. Which they didn’t.
Can’t really have it both ways.
protist@retrofed.com 2 weeks ago
You don’t need curves to slow traffic, there a ton of ways to slow traffic
BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Over here in 2026 we have satnav in our cars and on our bikes.
LordMayor@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You have to understand that there are places in the USA where “city planning” is completely unheard of. They seem to let landowners develop however the fuck they want. They end up with grids of identical houses with little thought of connections to services such as shopping, healthcare, recreation, etc.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
With every corner looking the same? What a joke.
compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Only from above. When you’re on foot, grid systems feel plenty variable and lively