--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:

> Jesper asked:
>
> > Don't they make roundabouts in the US?
>
> They aren't very common at all here, except in Washington, D.C.,

which, after

> all, was designed by a Frenchman!
>
> When they do occur, they are never called "roundabouts," but

rather "circles" or

> "traffic circles." The usual reason is to contain some sort of

monument or

> other ornament, and almost never to serve the flow of traffic. Lee

Circle in

> New Orleans would be a prime example of the monumental sort.
>
> You must remember that the typical American city is laid out in a

rectangular

> grid. Therefore, circles would be more of a hindrance to the flow

of traffic

> than a help.
>
> Mexico, on the other hand, has quite a devotion to circles, both as

sites for

> monuments and as traffic-flow devices.

hahaha
he must remember
hahahahaha
didnt know your papacy extended to merry go rounds too
hahaha
& happily others have already corrected the misconceptions if not the
presumption & pretense in these comments

indeed if someone could name a state or country where there are no
traffic circles
well that might perhaps be something worth crowing about

tho not necessarily here at bp

but if anyone ventures to answer a question here
in this special venue for multipunctiliousness & truth
please do expect critical review & do try on principle to have at
least some basic idea of what you are talking about

>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA