source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15uz539/city_street_network_orientation/
From the post:
Urban spatial order: street network orientation, configuration, and entropy
By: Geoff Boeing
This study examines street network orientation, configuration, and entropy in 100 cities around the world using OpenStreetMap data and OSMnx.
See full paper: https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-019-0189-1
I feel constantly lost in non-grid cities. The Grid makes navigation so easy.
I’ve lived in Boston and Detroit. Detroit is so much better to navigate in. I think if Boston included Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and the other outskirts that are really greater Boston, it would be even more circular. It’sa mess getting around there.
2yrs in Boston. Felt constantly lost
Figured out th important parts around year 4-5. Still stayed for almost 15 more years for some reason and still got turned around some places.
Only miss the good food (at least relative to where I live now).
I’ve never felt anywhere near lost in a good non-grid city, particularly in the Netherlands and close-by of course.
The reverse is true for non grid dwellers.