Stephen wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:23:39 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> 
>> Most of the east coast cities have city blocks 1/10th of a mile on the long 
>> side, and (IIRC) 1/5th of 1/10th of a mile on the short side. It makes it 
>> convenient for knowing how far you have to go - it's 2 miles from 13th 
>> street to 33rd street.
> 
> Thanks, I did not know that. My vague memories of Miami and Pittsburgh were of
> much larger blocks. 

Well, I'm speaking of the ones where most of the layout was before 
automobiles - NYC, Philadelphia, etc.  Obviously it's not going to hold 
across the board, but in the "old" cities, it's not too uncommon. (Assuming 
they were planned at all, of course. :-)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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