Klanky@sopuli.xyz
To be honest though that really please my autistic brain. I used to make cities in Sim City 2000 the same way: a grid of blocks that I just kept going even when it ran up against obstacles and formed incomplete squares.
This was a real proposal someone made during the French Revolution to reorganize France’s subdivisions
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Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to historymemes@piefed.social
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AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
With Carte Blanche to do whatever they wanted I wonder why the squares could not have been bigger? Less governments to deal with?
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I think the practical size of governed areas depends on the speed of travel/ communications. Like if somewhere is 2 days ride from the decision makers, that’s 4 days round trip, plus thinking time. If something urgent happens it’s probably better there’s a governor in place with delegated decision-making powers.
cabillaud@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s it. Départements were designed so everybody could get to the préfecture and back home in one day’s ride.
AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
That is a sound argument.
I see Paris has a square so maybe the Revolutionaires didn’t want to govern an area larger than the Paris area. History is fascinating.