Why Cities With Grids Are Terribly Designed?

Cities with grids are like when you draw lines on paper, straight and even, but they can be terribly designed if you don’t think about how people move.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. You lay them out in perfect rows and columns, just like a grid. That looks cool, it’s neat and organized. But now imagine you want to go from one side of the block city to the other. If all your roads are straight and make right angles, it's like walking on a giant chessboard: you have to walk around corners instead of going through them.

In real life, some cities use grids, but they don’t always work well. Think about when you’re trying to find your way in a place that feels like it’s made of straight lines and blocks, it can be confusing! It's like trying to walk from one end of the block city to the other by only moving up, down, left, or right, instead of being able to go diagonally.

If you had a map with diagonal roads, like a slanted line cutting through the squares, it would be easier, kind of like having a shortcut in your favorite video game! Cities with grids are like when you draw lines on paper, straight and even, but they can be terribly designed if you don’t think about how people move.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. You lay them out in perfect rows and columns, just like a grid. That looks cool, it’s neat and organized. But now imagine you want to go from one side of the block city to the other. If all your roads are straight and make right angles, it's like walking on a giant chessboard: you have to walk around corners instead of going through them.