And there's an interesting historical reason for it:
"This Spanish urban model employed a rectangular grid centered around a plaza, which served as the civic heart of the city. From this central location, a rectangular grid of straight streets was planned, shaping urban areas for residential use and leaving peripheral open fields with plots."
"To this day, they are considered by some historians as one of the first standardized urban legislations in the world. They specified city layouts, from the dimensions of a central plaza to the orientation of streets and the ideal elevation for a town."
"Unlike French and English colonies, Spanish settlements adhered to regulations that contributed to the emergence of a shared urban identity, with cities displaying similar spatial logic and architectural cohesion despite differing scales and contexts."
The Roman Empire colapsed hundreds of years ago, but Romam Law is still the basis of the legal systems in use today in most of South America (and the world).
Just because one country is now independent it doesn't mean it abandoned all the customs of the previous government.
Spanish town planning is still highly influential in most of Latin America
But La Plata is the only city in Argentina planned this way so it's not very much likely to be related to Spanish colonial law. If it were, Argentina would be full of cities like this.
It’s definitely a recurring joke. Castilian’s pronounce it with the “th” sound, while Catalans do not
Self important tourists who visit often return home and insist on the former pronunciation, when the latter “bar-see-lona” would be the local preference
It’s less about the difference in pronunciation between the two as it is about a certain type of insufferable person— the kind of person who must note that for it to be called ‘champagne’ it must come from the Champagne region in France. It’s true, it does, but to most Americans the distinction is unimportant when talking about drinking sparkling wine at a celebration— people call it champagne.
Was gonna say, many people from cities (not even necessarily big ones) go their entire lives without seeing a sky with zero light pollution. I'm very lucky to have spent a considerable amount of time in the actual middle of nowhere, but that doesn't come up for a lot of folks.
The city clearly was planned before a large amount of people settled there.
And there's an interesting historical reason for it:
"This Spanish urban model employed a rectangular grid centered around a plaza, which served as the civic heart of the city. From this central location, a rectangular grid of straight streets was planned, shaping urban areas for residential use and leaving peripheral open fields with plots."
"To this day, they are considered by some historians as one of the first standardized urban legislations in the world. They specified city layouts, from the dimensions of a central plaza to the orientation of streets and the ideal elevation for a town."
"Unlike French and English colonies, Spanish settlements adhered to regulations that contributed to the emergence of a shared urban identity, with cities displaying similar spatial logic and architectural cohesion despite differing scales and contexts."
https://www.archdaily.com/1024343/the-standardized-planning-of-latin-american-cities-tracing-the-blueprint-of-the-laws-of-the-indies
Huh, that's pretty neat actually!
As an Englishman, I’m insulted. We prefer our colonies to be organic
As an American, I’m insulted. We prefer our colonies to be liberated from England.
Wrong, La Plata was planned in 1882, decades after independence from Spain
The Roman Empire colapsed hundreds of years ago, but Romam Law is still the basis of the legal systems in use today in most of South America (and the world).
Just because one country is now independent it doesn't mean it abandoned all the customs of the previous government.
Spanish town planning is still highly influential in most of Latin America
But La Plata is the only city in Argentina planned this way so it's not very much likely to be related to Spanish colonial law. If it were, Argentina would be full of cities like this.
As a Latino, between being colonized by the English, French, Dutch or Spanish, I'm ok with it being by the Spanish.
This is what every one of my Cities Skylines maps ends up
“Opens grid tool menacingly”
“Just one more intersection, Mayor Defacto, just one more!”
I always try to dipsy-doodle my street layouts, but somehow, a few hours in, it's always a fucking grid
I can share your pain. I have never been able to create an organic look in any maps I’ve attempted.
I always try to make my cities look British or European, but I always end up with a boring, but efficient grid system.
Its my addiction to high density living
Fucking traffic everywhere.
"I bet a couple more roads will help"
Peak Cities Skylines city
Imagine the savings of that switch to led. Bet they can't wait to finish the transition
Looks like it is led. It's just they didn't have proper fixtures that reflect light downward. Water of electricity.
I love that everyone in the central district are never too far from a park.
Much smaller city obviously but this is my hometown. Green and blue stuff for everyone!
Where?
Luleå in Sweden
Yeah nothing like getting off your cubicle 9-5 and waddling back home to your cell at the 135th right intersection from your office
https://i.redd.it/mvy8x00u7k6g1.gif
The Grid ……..the vast, glowing digital universe inside a computer system…..!
Bio-digital Jazz, man.
Looked like an epic space station at first glance.
Bruce Dern once grew a forest there.
Underrated movie!
https://preview.redd.it/w4o11d4i6o6g1.jpeg?width=1070&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c7bf8bcbc0661a31a9e39aea76cf08f9e5405b1
Tekesi Bagua City
It looks like someone went to Barcelona and decided "I can do it better!"
Barthélona, I think you mean
why? I this a recurrent joke like Americans incapable of pronouncing Ibiza?
It’s definitely a recurring joke. Castilian’s pronounce it with the “th” sound, while Catalans do not Self important tourists who visit often return home and insist on the former pronunciation, when the latter “bar-see-lona” would be the local preference
I am actually Catalan XD
Edit, I don't mind how you pronounce it, one is Spanish the other is Catalan.
Hahaha 😂
It’s less about the difference in pronunciation between the two as it is about a certain type of insufferable person— the kind of person who must note that for it to be called ‘champagne’ it must come from the Champagne region in France. It’s true, it does, but to most Americans the distinction is unimportant when talking about drinking sparkling wine at a celebration— people call it champagne.
Is that the same with words like chorizo? I've heard it pronounced with both the zs sound and with a th, I never know which is correct
Ooh, shiny tasty light pollution...
To me this is more beautiful than a starry sky
Have you seen a starry sky without light pollution?
Ofcourse.
Edit: i wouldnt feel comfortable having this opinion if I didnt.
How is that stupid (as you said first)? Not many people have seen a truly free sky without light pollution.
It's a huge difference between little and close to none and none.
Was gonna say, many people from cities (not even necessarily big ones) go their entire lives without seeing a sky with zero light pollution. I'm very lucky to have spent a considerable amount of time in the actual middle of nowhere, but that doesn't come up for a lot of folks.
Sure, if you get to see if from all the way up here. But I bet you live on the ground.
Well yeah. I dont need to be thousands of feet in the air to understand the beauty in it.
Like... a bird?
No. I said I don't need to be.
reminds me of the post of someone saying they get panic attacks when they are away from the city/in nature
Reminds me of Eixample in Barcelona.
Woah, they have city planners that aren't inbred?
That's some good city building
The transition between those who use led bulbs and those who use sodium bulbs
The whole city can play Battleship together
German engineering, eh?
??
Neat, looks a little tedious to live in though. Efficient maybe, but tedious.
I'm surprised it doesn't form a giant Swastika, what with Argentina's hobby of aiding Nazis in escaping justice.
Well I'm not surprised that the reigning government in America are actual Nazis considering they openly accepted Nazis
The liberals in Canada even brought one into parliament to celebrate him.
This is in Paris
No, it’s in Argentina
prove it
No u
You can see the Eiffel tower in the upper left hand corner
I don’t know why you wouldn’t just google “la plata Argentina”
Why don’t you circle it and show it to us
I feel like you’re trying to gaslight me and it feels insulting.
https://preview.redd.it/vknswz719j6g1.jpeg?width=447&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfc36ef96e5a7a35fd7f870da99b5251df1e5741
They aren’t gaslighting you, you’re just incorrect. It is La Plata.
Is Paris in the room with you?
You don’t understand what gaslighting means, and accusing me of it is insulting to me
Can’t tell if trolling… or just stupid…