Comparing City Street Orientations
Manhattan burned to the ground so they got a do-over on their street grid.  Any East Coast city that wasn't centrally planned (e.g. DC) or burned to the ground will resemble Boston.<p>Boston also more than tripled in size due to land reclamation, which included leveling some hills.  The contours that the current roads follow may have made more sense when Boston Common was a muddy beach and everyone walked to where they were going.<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1s92xa/cool_map_of_bostons_land_reclamation_nearly/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1s92xa/cool_map_of_...</a>
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