A “block” is not a fixed measurement, it is the distance between cross streets in a grid. They have blocks in Europe and people definitely understand the concept in my experience.
I understand the concept of a block (even if they don’t really exist in my city), but that doesn’t really give me an idea of the actual distance, so it’s a pretty useless information to me. Using proper standard metrics makes much more sense.
A “block” is not a fixed measurement, it is the distance between cross streets in a grid. They have blocks in Europe and people definitely understand the concept in my experience.
I understand the concept of a block (even if they don’t really exist in my city), but that doesn’t really give me an idea of the actual distance, so it’s a pretty useless information to me. Using proper standard metrics makes much more sense.
Its also significantly worse for Manhattan because depending on if you turn 90 degrees its like 4.5 times the distance.