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ah ha. Welcome to PLSS land, neighbor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System#/med...
you will find this pattern EVERYWHERE. They didnt turn the entire country into squares, but by golly they got a lot of it.
That's nearly 50 miles west of Central Avenue in Phoenix, and it stretches another 33 miles east of Central, out to Apache Junction: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VrjSYy7QEuX9yNee6
The Phoenix-area grid is super-square; I figured it out by way of city bus routes, which are usually numbered according to the block address of the street they travel on. Mileage can be estimated by the number of major intersections you pass.
It is important to distinguish between numbered "Avenues" on the west side and "Streets" on the east side, and in Phoenix as well as other cities, the "east/west/north/south" designator of a road, as well as the city, must be considered when looking at any given address.
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The interesting part about Minneapolis is that it has two grids. Early development occurred at angles to the Mississippi river, while later development straightened out to N-S and E-W orientation.
This is precisely Melbourne's problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddle_Grid
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This is precisely Melbourne's problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddle_Grid
TIL about the chain [1] as a unit of distance, equal to 66 feet and divided into 100 links of course. Wow. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit)
I’m not sure how much of this was connected to what seemed to be a multi-generational familial problem recalling proper nouns.
As someone who didn’t grow up there it was a bit different to what I was used to - named roads or road numbers, named settlements or geographic identifiers.
I spent a good part of my childhood on Girard Avenue North, part of the first alphabetical sequence running east to west. It was always a comfort to know I could find my way home if I knew the alphabet.
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This is precisely Melbourne's problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddle_Grid
TIL about the chain [1] as a unit of distance, equal to 66 feet and divided into 100 links of course. Wow. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit)
On graduation and inevitable employment by the forestry commission you got your chain: a vital tool of the job, as well as useful for marking out cricket pitches. (They are one chain long)
One of the things I find really amusing about "Minneapolis" streets is how they seem to go on forever. I now live roughly 40 miles away from Minneapolis, but I often come across nearby streets with the same name as the corresponding Minneapolis street if you extended it 40 miles south. And the numbers are suitably extended. So Chowen Avenue might end at the 6200 address in Mpls, but you'll find a Chowen Avenue in Bur…
Chicago has that, but only in some directions. The south and southwest suburbs continue the city numbering out for a long way; the northwest suburbs all have their own numbering. I think most of the north suburbs are also on their own (but possibly the innermost ones share the city grid). Not sure about west. :)
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The interesting part about Minneapolis is that it has two grids. Early development occurred at angles to the Mississippi river, while later development straightened out to N-S and E-W orientation.
Seattle has a similar situation with the coast.
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TIL about the chain [1] as a unit of distance, equal to 66 feet and divided into 100 links of course. Wow. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit)
Some of my family were stock farmers in Australia and talked about 10, 5, 3 and 2 chain roads a bit too when talking about driving routes between places in rural and forested regions. You’d know the (maybe abandoned or ruined versus still existing small settlement) destination - by the description of the width of the roads getting there. I’m not sure how much of this was connected to what seemed to be a multi-generat…
Ironically, the author could have found a far more intricate mesh of stitched together street grids if they never left New York. Here are all the numbered streets of New York City, colored by the number of the street. https://i.redd.it/p48mipyctk5d1.png The New York street grid can really suck you in because its just organized enough to not be randomness, but not organized enough to instantly fit it to a simple patte…
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