Addressing schemes (Re: Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!))

[Alex Martelli]

"Grant Edwards" <ge at nowhere.none> wrote in message
news:Uvfi5.3263$6E.942087 at ptah.visi.com...
> In article <s5qhos8k2v7kg58s2e36ei2emfrlcrha8b at 4ax.com>, Dennis Lee Bieber
wrote:
>
> > Is the Grand Rapids "8 blocks/mile" common, or just my
> >imagination? (From 28th street to 36th street is one mile).
>
> In the city of Minneapolis, in residential areas, it's
> nominally 16 blocks/mile going North/South and 32 blocks per
> mile going East/West.
>
> The occasional river or lake somethings messes up the pattern.

Lakes in Minneapolis (a wonderful city, btw, except for the
humidity) are NOT occasional, though, aren't they?  They do
seem to be all over the place...!-)


Alex