It's really easy and convenient once you understand it fully. As someone who came to BYU from CA, it took me a while to

Jan 16, 2022
8:37:05pm

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really grasp how it worked. It's a bit disorienting to have a street have the word "East" or "West" in it when the road runs north-south.

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Article about living in SLC lists grid-street number system as a con. What?

Great38

1/16/22 8:14pm

Probably racist somehow....

RH84025

1/16/22 8:16pm

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byubyu

1/16/22 8:18pm

New York has a similar layout and addressing system. Kind of a dumb thing

Hypnotoad

1/16/22 8:26pm

Yea 5th avenue is named 5th for a reason

Kajdin

1/16/22 8:33pm

Yes, it was named after that famed explorer, Captain Henry V Avenue.

Blue Print

1/16/22 8:43pm

Weird. My wife and I often reference

Oat'n'bow

1/16/22 8:34pm

It's really easy and convenient once you understand it fully. As someone who came to BYU from CA, it took me a while to

SingleStrapBackpack

1/16/22 8:37pm

It's also confusing at first that in Utah County the addresses reset for each

Schultz is back

1/16/22 8:40pm

It's even MORE confusing that in Utah County, there are both individual city grids AND a big county grid. The county

SingleStrapBackpack

1/16/22 8:46pm

The grid can be weird if you’re not familiar with it also it gets messy when

Kajdin

1/16/22 8:36pm

And adjacent cities sometimes don't even have the same block lengths. For example, the distance between Center St and

SingleStrapBackpack

1/16/22 8:38pm

None of that stuff happens in Salt Lake County anymore.

Belboz

1/16/22 8:52pm

It would be a huge undertaking but

Oat'n'bow

1/16/22 8:41pm

It's long overdue. The big commercial area where Costco is in Lehi straddles

Hypnotoad

1/16/22 8:50pm

Lindon/PG is the worst. I'm not sure what's happening over there.

Blueto

1/16/22 8:46pm

Having State Street running at a angle through those cities makes things really awkward.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/16/22 8:54pm

Boring and lacks personality, I guess.

All-American

1/16/22 9:00pm

Also says inversion happens morning after snow storm.

Madam Pattirini

1/16/22 9:02pm

I know a lot of people that prove those two things aren't at all mutually exclusive.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/16/22 9:04pm

Con for people who love getting lost?

Soupie

1/16/22 9:23pm

City planners have realized wide, straight, streets are actually poor design

runnincoug

1/16/22 9:28pm

It's very efficient. Efficiency often lacks personality, though.

Corn Pop

1/16/22 9:37pm

I don't see how it isn't a pro

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