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by davidw 4224 days ago
> most European cities don't have gridded streets

The Romans built towns on a grid too. You can see that in the very center of many Italian towns, like the one I live in:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Padua,+Italy/@45.4083831,1...

No, it's not a perfect grid any more, but it's still visible - not bad for a couple of thousand years.