Do other cities have logical street numbering systems like Chicagos?
August 20, 2009 Dear Cecil: What other major cities have a street grid that works similarly to Chicago’s that is, where each street is an address coordinate (Diversey = 2800 north, etc)? Never been to Los Angeles, but judging from pictures that have coordinates on the street signs, I’m guessing Los Angeles does. I know New York does not, but allegedly there’s some kind of mathematical formula with which, if you have the address of a numbered street, you can calculate where the street-and-avenue intersection is. Boston’s layout is so weird I’d be dead surprised if they have such a system! ScatteredFrog, via the Straight Dope Chicago Message Board Cecil replies: This is one more reason to be glad you live in Chicago, as if food, politics, and Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers weren’t enough. (What, you don’t think politics here is entertaining? Fine, move to Nebraska and watch the sorghum sprout.) The weather may be suboptimal, but we’ve got a street numbering system that can’t be beat. If you do
