In the demo pics there are radial/circular subdivisions. I find this odd, given that it's supposed to be an "American-style" generator. I've personally never seen any american city that has radial subdivisions.
In most of America, including Washington D.C., the circles are very quickly ironed back out into grids.
Of course, they're much, much, much less dense than the designs, but the generator is still neat. Just not very "American-style" IMO.
These look pretty cosy.
https://maps.probabletrain.com/images/heightmap/map(66).png
The urban density in these images is also more commonly found in Europe than America.
Which is fine! It's a generator for European-style cities, and it's neat! But so far, only low-density western desert cities have anything like 7-ringed wedges like this, and I suspect that most people, like me, didn't know those existed there before this thread.
There's plenty of them in the western edge of Las Vegas.
The generated maps show concentric circles, which is super-unusual in the US. I don't think I've seen it anywhere.
I'm actually curious if it's a common pattern in some other country.
http://dcpages.com/gallery/Capitol-Square-Compass-Tour/WashD...
Is this sarcasm? Am I being wooshed? The street plan is the same obvious Masonic imagery that's on the back of every Federal Reserve Note. Take a look at the incredibly beautiful Detroit Masonic Temple and imagine it as the "Eye" in the Eye of Providence that would have been the street layout:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple
And look where it is in Detroit compared to the tiny bit of the street plan that was implemented: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masonic+Temple/@42.3351973...
Really cool; thanks for the link!
You can draw another line when car culture became common. Before then, it was grids accessible by streetcars. After, the cul de sac style and similar becomes common.