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. 
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Regards
     Stephen

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