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Old 02-07-2007, 08:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: salt lake city neighborhoods

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Originally Posted by Wyody View Post
. Note also that every highway in Utah lines up to go true north-south through town and every town is also set-up as 8 blocks to the mile in any direction -- a waffle-iron grid, if you will.

Wow. just google earth'd that. that is something else! Pretty good designing.

Lucky they did not settle in Seattle. With 7 original hills surrounding the downtown area, straight lines that last a mile are pretty well impossible!
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