None of that stuff happens in Salt Lake County anymore.

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Jan 16, 2022
8:52:41pm

Belboz Intervention Needed

None of that stuff happens in Salt Lake County anymore.

Maybe it did 50 years ago in the far southwest edge of the valley, but not anymore.

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Belboz

Bio page: Belboz
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Last login: May 7, 2024
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Time

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.

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

JuicyJam

1/16/22 9:40pm

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