There be devils at work here
That happens in every American city, it's called an American downtown
Why is everything else squares?
That's a good old fashioned American Grid System
Let's give credit where credit is due: the Romans popularized the grid system during the empire. America didn't invent that nonsense.
I don’t actually feel that grids are that bad, with 4 way stop signs and narrow streets they can maintain slow car speeds, are easy to make for expansion of cities when needed and are great for navigation. The winding unconnected roads of suburbs are much worse and create bottlenecks which grids mostly lack
