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    Image of Brian D. Carlstrom Brian D. Carlstrom
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Don't do it! The Germans will just triy to use your city as a big map for Die Siedler von Catan!
    [en.wikipedia.org] #alternatehistory
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    10/23/09

    @Brian D. Carlstrom: Dammit, you beat me to it. #alternatehistory
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Honeycomb big? Yeah yeah yeah. It's not small? No no no. #alternatehistory
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    That would have made it extremely convenient for old-fashioned board wargaming.
    -Kle. #alternatehistory
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    If each of those edges were a road, their would be a lot of bridges over the River Thames. #alternatehistory
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    Image of strideo strideo
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Strange maps . . .

    Wow. There really is a blog for everything now isn't there? #alternatehistory
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    Image of Agent355 Agent355
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    No, just put more roundabouts!! That will fix everything!! #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Surely circle-roads with alternating radius-outwards divisions would be better?
    Then you wouldn't have to make so many turns when driving. #alternatehistory
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/23/09

    @twDarkflame: Actually, overlapping circles like the Olympic rings would probably make driving distances shorter, but intersections hell. #alternatehistory
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/23/09

    @twDarkflame: Having all the intersection be Y shaped means that you can always see both streets at once, unlike in a regular intersection where you have many dead angles.

    I've seen the hexagonal city layout proposed other places for the same reason. #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    @MonkeyT: I wasnt thinking overlapping circles, merely rings going out from a center point, each ring with a larger radius.

    Links between the rings could also be at the same angles as the hexagon paturn, thus keeping the advantage LostVikings pointed out. #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Sorry, didnt explain myself too good. See above. I think you could keep the advantage of angled intersections while having a concentric cycle system. #alternatehistory
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/18/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?

    In a spooky voice, with a flashlight under my chin: "In The Year 2000"
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/17/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    I live near Golden and work (currently) around 120th and I-25. You and I and Mrs. Overclock (etc.) should get together for dinner sometime!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: (Sorry, fumble fingered that reply.)
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    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/17/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    I think the more interesting shots from Minority Report and I, Robot would have been those that show that much of those cities' current architecture is still very much intact, including brick buildings with exterior fire escapes, etc. Those shots give a much more organic sense of what happens to cities over time, rather than what the shots here imply, which is that somehow cities will be razed to the ground and built back up from scratch. I guess what I'm saying is that in envisioning urban futures, the filmmakers had a more nuanced vision than what these stills give them credit for.
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    Image of hamshank hamshank
    09/17/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    excuse me: we seem to be lacking the ones where it's the cockroaches riding around on horses, crunching our bones under-hoof ...
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    Image of Ryozenzuzex Ryozenzuzex
    09/16/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?

    What about New Chicago?
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/16/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    The big pink building shown in Woody Allen's SLEEPER ("The Institute") is the Mesa Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder Colorado. Designed by I. M. Pei. I worked there for several years. Much of it is open to the public, it has free parking, and there are hiking trails in the foothills above it.
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    Image of Craig Dawson Craig Dawson
    09/17/09

    @Chip Overclock:
    Chip, do you currently live in the Boulder area? I live in Denver, and have been to NCAR once a few years ago.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/17/09

    @Craig Dawson: I live near Golden and work (currently) around 120th and I-25. You and I and Mrs. Overclock (etc.) should get together for dinner sometime!
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    Image of Meldrick Meldrick
    09/16/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    Aw, has it really been that long since Buck Rogers boogied around in New Chicago that you'd forget that, but use TWO images from a freakin' toy cartoon?

    This is an outrage!!!11!!1!!
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    Image of Elpon Elpon
    09/16/09

    In reply to What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
    I can never picture Paris without a fiery meteor hurtling toward it.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/16/09

    @Elpon:
    That waiter must have been a real dick.
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