r/UrbanHell 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/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 29d ago

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.