this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
222 points (95.5% liked)

Data is Beautiful

993 readers
228 users here now

Be respectful

founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
KnowledgeIsPower@mander.xyz
Beaver@lemmy.ca
222
City street network orientation (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz
35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] otte_homan@theblower.au 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@YourPrivatHater try explain that to the good peeps of Sao Paulo ... Rome, etc. ... @Blaze

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] otte_homan@theblower.au 7 points 2 months ago

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