squares make more practical sense if the land is flat easier to plan out and lay out communications and shit ye old cities and their spaghetti roads formed in different technological and economic enviroment and should not be some standard to strive towards making any sort of repair or communications renewal is fucking hell in ye old tows and if we are concerned with beauty - nothing prevents us from investing into beauty while using the grid model, perhaps make grid squares larger to accommodate more green, people just don't want to or don't have the extra money in the current economy land developers trying to squeeze out maximum profit out of each square meter of land doesnt help the aesthetics either
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