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City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.

Washington, DC?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

Not very similar. Those DC "circles" just crosscut a rectangular array. The area itself does not appear radial.

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site. That's something I associate with Europe, not America.

In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

Not very similar. Those DC "circles" just crosscut a rectangular array. The area itself does not appear radial.

Gotcha. It was the only city that immediately came to my mind as at least having circles embedded in it.

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site. That's something I associate with Europe, not America. In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.

What about some of these retirement communities like Sun City, Arizona: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-...

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.

Washington, DC? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Washington,+DC/@38.9099853...

Also the Woodward plan for Detroit: https://www.recivilization.net/AmericanCityBuilding/215woodw...

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.

Boston (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3591352,-71.06249,15.28z) is close to round. You don't get grids until you get out of the colonial era city.

Re: City Map Generator – Create procedural American-style cities in the browser

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are circles in cities, but not (to my knowledge) circular sub-divisions as depicted on the site. That's something I associate with Europe, not America. In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.

What about some of these retirement communities like Sun City, Arizona: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sun+City,+AZ/@33.6291865,-...

Apple Maps link: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=33.6292+-112.2934&ia=web&iaxm=maps

These look pretty cosy.

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