Comments on: 5 Tiny Details You Probably Haven’t Noticed in Guatemala  https://musings.trekaroo.com/5-tiny-details-you-probably-havent-noticed-in-guatemala/ from the road Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: Li Lian Tan https://musings.trekaroo.com/5-tiny-details-you-probably-havent-noticed-in-guatemala/#comment-47 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:17:14 +0000 https://musings.trekaroo.com?p=347&preview=true&preview_id=347#comment-47 Hi Zach, in Manhattan, the borough I live in NYC, and in the Bronx, avenues go north-south and streets go east-west. The funny thing about NYC is that in the borough of Queens, the avenues are east-west, the streets are north-south. They like to keep us turned around here and confused.

My guess is that because Manhattan is shaped long and skinny in the north-south direction, they created the wider roads (avenues) going north-south so people can get where they need to go faster. Since Manhattan is the main commercial borough, the other 4 boroughs oriented traffic to head towards Manhattan. So the Bronx, which is north of Manhattan, followed Manhattan’s grid. Queens is to the east, and it’s east-West avenues make it easier for people to get to Manhattan. At least this is my guess.

]]> By: Dot https://musings.trekaroo.com/5-tiny-details-you-probably-havent-noticed-in-guatemala/#comment-40 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 05:35:00 +0000 https://musings.trekaroo.com?p=347&preview=true&preview_id=347#comment-40 Zachloco! I love how you share your views! Thanks for the interesting perspective. Avenidas are avenues. I suppose they go north south as they are major thoroughfares. Calles are streets, which are smaller than avenues. Good observations on your part that you notice they run east west. It may not be true everywhere else. ¡Divertirse y feliz viaje!

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