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Originally Posted by coyotetrickster
London and Boston don't have grids, both are extremely dense cities. Barcelona doesn't a grid, it's extremely dense. Rome has no grid, it's extremely dense.
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Outside of the Gothic Quarter environs, Barcelona is absolutely a grid (much like New York is outside of Downtown Manhattan).
But yeah, you don't need a grid to have density. However, you do need connectivity, which isn't provided by inefficient road designs, such as the loops and lollipops of Atlanta. The Old World cities that lack a street grid still have an efficient road network based on their organic growth, and still make sense from a walkability and densification perspective. That being said, Atlanta's cul de sacs aren't "right next" to the CBD, based on looking at maps. But, it does have problems present in modern urban design (that aren't unique to Atlanta),
like this and
this instead of designing stuff that looks
like this or
this.
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