Do people in Spanish cities with strong grids (eg Barcelona) not also use the local language equivalent of "blocks" as a term? I would be surprised if not. It's a fundamentally convenient term in any area that has a repeated grid.
The fact that some cities don't have repeated grids and hence don't use the term is not really a valuable corrective to the post you are replying to.
In Slavic languages we think in terms of intersections for distance, maybe the same for Spanish? Area is thought of either as inside district (say city enter) or in meters squared.
While it is certainly more common in the US we occasionally use blocks as a measurement here in Sweden too. Blocks are just smaller and less regular here.
In the US...
Do people in Spanish cities with strong grids (eg Barcelona) not also use the local language equivalent of "blocks" as a term? I would be surprised if not. It's a fundamentally convenient term in any area that has a repeated grid.
The fact that some cities don't have repeated grids and hence don't use the term is not really a valuable corrective to the post you are replying to.
In Slavic languages we think in terms of intersections for distance, maybe the same for Spanish? Area is thought of either as inside district (say city enter) or in meters squared.
1 reply →
While it is certainly more common in the US we occasionally use blocks as a measurement here in Sweden too. Blocks are just smaller and less regular here.