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> This certainly doesn't describe Chicago at all, or even nearby suburbs.

Probably because a good portion of things were built pre-WW2:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0

Anything post-WW2, which is probably most of (North) America, had a more car-centric design.