Imagine your city is like a drawing. People decide where to build houses, roads, and stores, just like when you draw a picture and choose what goes where. If people keep building in one direction, the city grows that way. Sometimes it looks like a long line or a square, depending on how people choose to live.
Examples
- A city might grow in one direction because all the new houses are built on one side of town.
- If there’s a river nearby, it can shape how the city spreads out.
- Sometimes a road gets really busy, so people build more stores and homes near that road.
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See also
- Why Do Cities Have Different Shapes and Sizes?
- How Do Cities Decide on Their Shapes and Layouts?
- How Do Maps Help Us Find Our Way?
- Why Do We Have Different Time Zones Around the World?
- Why Do Some Countries Have Multiple Time Zones?
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