[dasanman]

As a european, its pretty funny to see cities where the streets are so parallel

[arethuza]

Parts of the some European cities (e.g. Edinburgh's New Town) have regular parallel streets - just not quite at the scale of US cities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town,_Edinburgh#/media/Fil...

[mercer]

http://www.anycerda.org/web/imagen/1266923209.foto1.tbl_fich...

[davidw]

The Romans laid things out in a grid.

[danieka]

Except for Rome itself which was rebuilt very hastily after the sack of Rome in 390 BC. But everywhere they went, particularly for military encampments, they brought the grid with them.