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Why Don't Cities Use Hexagon Blocks?

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Answers why cities don't lay out hexagonal blocks, weighing three-way intersections, land subdivision, traffic flow and building shapes against the grid's simplicity.

Why cities don't use hexagonal blocks: geometry, traffic and land division.

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