the path from amoeba records back home is almost completely downhill. there's nothing quite like careening down golden gate park at top speed on your bike. in my less practical moments, i imagine a world where the path from anywhere to anywhere is all downhill, both ways.

my other idea is that all the avenues here should run as flat as possible. none of that silly up-and-down, just follow the contour lines. my friend david points out that that would create large irregularly-shaped blocks, plus if the cross-streets ran perpendicular to them, they'd follow the line of steepest descent (oops), which is certainly not what you want for your average city street.