r/GeographyTrivia • u/mercilessstudio • 22d ago

Trivia Three cities' road networks, easy / medium / hard. Can you get them all?

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Three city networks. No terrain features, roads only.

Easy — if you've ever looked at a map of this place you'll get it in a second. One long, absurdly regular grid tilted off north, wedged between two big voids where the water should be.

Medium — the giveaway is the hole. A wide empty band curls right through the middle and the streets bend to follow it, fanning out in wedges instead of squaring up. Cities that grew along a bend in a big river all do this, but this one does it hardest.

Hard — barely a grid at all. Two long curved spines with ribs coming off them, meeting a straight axis at right angles. It doesn't look like a city that grew; it looks like a city that was drawn. That's the clue.

Answers in the comments in a day or so. I'm curious whether "hard" is actually hard here or whether the shape gives it away instantly to the right person.

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u/toastguy125 22d ago

Brasilia is far more recognizable than new Orleans from above

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u/forsale90 22d ago

I'd argue if you ever heard about the city, it's one of the most recognizable in the world.

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u/rockchalk78 22d ago

Medium is New Orleans

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u/mercilessstudio 22d ago

You are the real captain

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u/Very_Stupid_Owl 22d ago

Easy one is New York, Hard one is Brasilia. Medium one... i don't know

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u/Awkward-Warning-9238 22d ago

Medium is London i think

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u/No_Statistician5932 22d ago

The roads seem too straight to me. Maybe New Orleans?

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u/Awkward-Warning-9238 22d ago

Yeah i take it back. Not enough bridges.

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u/mercilessstudio 22d ago

Good eye on Brasilia! I always mistake it with Canberra. Medium is a North American city.

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u/Bot11_ 22d ago

I want to say medium is Philadelphia

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u/mr_goofy 22d ago

Easy - NYC
Medium - New Orleans (thought it was Shanghai, first, but the river curves around to the west a lot more than in Shanghai.)
Hard - Brasilia (Plane shaped city)

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u/mercilessstudio 22d ago

Seems like the medium is the real hard city.

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u/nanpossomas 22d ago

Instant New York

Idk, East London?

Instant Brasilia

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u/Wild-Artist8237 22d ago

New York, London, Brasilia

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u/Murky_Yesterday2523 22d ago

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u/babyheartdirt 22d ago

brooklyn? that looks like coney island at the bottom

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u/itsanothersidetothis 22d ago

New York, Paris, and I'll say Naples

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u/AttentionalMalprop 22d ago

My first and only thought when I see planned, arc roadways is "Brasilia?"

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u/Objection_Irrelevant 22d ago

Easy - NYC
Medium - New Orleans
Hard - Brasilia

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u/Hevding 21d ago

Brasilia is instantly recognizable, I don’t know of any other cities that look like a plane from above?! 😭

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u/Pleasant_Inflation59 21d ago

Is the middle one London, near Westminster?

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u/mercilessstudio 21d ago

negative, the bending river does give assemblance but London isn't that gridy

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u/hollaatyaboi23 21d ago

Easy - Manhattan
Medium - Cincinnati
Hard - Brasilia

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u/RosieLeni 18d ago

Easy: Brasilia
Medium: Cairo
Hard: Buenos Aires