Talk:City block
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http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CityBlock good place to start: 1/16 mile =length of street 1/8 mile = length of avenue except new york midtown manhattan 1/20 mile = length of street 1/10 to 1/5 mile = length of avenue
- It would help if we had a primary source for this. The linked page isn't a primary source and in fact doesn't appear to be terribly reliable. 69.140.80.231 02:52, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
What the article says about "older countries" isn't necessarily true. See Grid plan.
The article previously said that there are 8 city blocks to a mile in America; this may be true in many U.S. cities but by no means all. Izzycat 22:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Chicago is one such city where this is true...every block is a 1/8-mile by 1/8-mile square (except for in the Loop, where they are mostly a bit smaller & vary in size & shape). That said, I agree that saying it's standard in the U.S. is a rather odd, sweeping generalization. It looks like this statement was "repaired" by adding the word "some", but it still strikes me as odd & uncited. -Rhrad 04:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
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