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Why do you think city streets often are designed to be parallel or perpendicular?

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User NightEye
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Step-by-step explanation: Most urban designers incorporate a diagonal street cutting through the regular grid to create interesting spaces, squares, plazas, to provide relief and add character as can be seen at Manhattan Times Square created by Broadway cutting the grid at an angle.

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