Comment by mzs
5 days ago
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.
5 days ago
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.
A block is just the distance from one intersection to the next. Even if those distances vary or are non-square.
E.g. Manhattan has mostly rectangular blocks, if you go from 8th Avenue to Madison Avenue along 39th St you traveled 4 blocks (the last of which is shorter than the first 3), if you go from 36th St to 40th St along 8th Avenue you traveled 4 blocks (all of which are shorter than the blocks between the avenues).