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I grew up in Los Angeles, described as a true ‘post-modern’ city because it lacks a recognizable center. Sprawling in size, it developed as a cluster of independent destinations connected by a network of transportation lines. This is partially why the symmetric pattern of Twin Cities neighborhoods, while more common across the Midwest, is notable to me. A much older settlement, the Minneapolis-St Paul axis forms a central core, and the suburbs radiate outward in tiers. The first ring suburbs…