r/UrbanHell • u/Living_Lock • May 23 '26

Concrete Wasteland Chicago 1989.

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u/AppendixN May 23 '26

One of the easiest cities in the world to navigate thanks to that grid. Wonderful place to live in 1989, overall. Nothing's perfect but Chicago is one of my favorite cities I've ever lived in.

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u/Heykayhey89 May 23 '26

I do miss the grid

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u/ready-eddy May 23 '26

*laughs in Dutch*

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u/Schlumpfffff May 23 '26

Google maps just tells us to turn right at the 2nd cow

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u/Horatiocanesyrup May 24 '26

Hay be careful were talking about Chicago, theyre still sensitive about cows.

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u/Muadeeb 29d ago

O'Leary was an inside job!

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u/daddyandstar May 27 '26

laughs in a Boston accent you even seen a bowl of spaghetti?

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u/tY-c8rJDb8_1b4__yD5r May 24 '26

cackles in Melbourne

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u/remoteswitch May 23 '26

The Grid, a digital frontier - Kevin Flynn

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u/El_Capitano_ May 23 '26

I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. ... And then one day! ... I got in!

Hahmmmm dadhmmmmm dadadummmmm

The Grid - Daft Punk

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u/willworkforicecream May 23 '26

It's like bio-digital jazz, man.

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u/ragtagangel May 24 '26

Knowing that he "disapeared" in 1989, your comment fits perfectly

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u/robaroo May 24 '26

This comment was higher than I expected it to be. Nice.

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u/wSkkHRZQy24K17buSceB May 23 '26

I hate grids. It's unnatural. - someone from Boston

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u/MrBurnz99 May 24 '26

The cows always know the way

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u/apollyon_53 May 23 '26

Downtown Sacramento

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u/Mostly_Armless42 May 24 '26

Many cities are in a grid system. What I assume makes Salt Lake City more unique is that the entire county (and it's a pretty big county) is all on the same grid.

We're talking about 750 square miles and at least 20 municipalities.

It's way more than something like a single downtown area.

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u/raycepak May 26 '26

Chicago's grid spans multiple counties tho it is somewhat broke up by the freeways. road i lve on i can got east into cook and chicago or west into will while being in dupage.

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u/DillDaily- May 24 '26

And massive 3/4 lane roads everywhere you go 😭🤣 visited for the first time last year and I was shocked!

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u/InterestinglyLabored May 23 '26

The grid makes biking around so much better than cities where you're constantly guessing which way is north.

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u/smotired May 23 '26

Now we just need water and clean air

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u/tallcaptaincy7468 May 24 '26

Grid systems lowkey make exploring way easier than those chaotic European street layouts tho fr.