Talk:Washington, D.C. street design conspiracy theory

The actual conspiracy
... involves some variant on. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 14:57, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

I heard of a similar Conspiracy Theory
Something about all cities being laid out on a 36x36 grid, and if yu add it up to "36 + 35 + 34, etc. you get 666. The nuttier go on to go on about the "Babylonian and Egyptian origins" of the layout the significance of how Washington DC is on the Top-Right four squares, etc. and the Conspiracy Minded go on about the Masonic Origins.

Is there anything that isn'r of babylonian origin am I a freemason for pointing my fucking index finger?--サトセレ (talk) 09:52, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Checked Google Maps... The pentagram exists
Hey guys, This is false:

"The claims about the D.C. street layout are easily refuted just by looking at an actual map of the city. Conspiracy literature will show Rhode Island Ave., Vermont Ave., Massachusetts Ave., Connecticut Ave., and K Street making up five lines of a pentagram. A look at the actual street map[8] shows that Vermont and Connecticut Avenues do not extend south of K street so there is no point below that, and ergo, no bottom point of any pentagram pointing at the White House. Further, Rhode Island Ave. does not extend west of Connecticut Ave. so not only does this alleged "pentagram" not have five points, it doesn't even have four. It is purely the product of someone's overactive imagination."

here's a link to the same Google Maps link the author uses to "debunk" the pentagram shape: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/washington+dc+Connecticut+avenue/@38.9035916,-77.0350602,15z

You can easily see it for yourself. Or you can easily see it here:

http://pasteboard.co/2s7dEhAF.png

Having said that..... whether or not it's a giant conspiracy is a totally different discussion! but the "pentagram" shape certainly IS there, going from Dupont Cir NW to the White House to Logan Cir NW to Washington Cir Park to Mt Vernon Sq 

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Is this the appropriate place
to discuss other Washington DC conspiracy stuff. Mostly astrology. Or should that be another article and this one just concern its self with street layout? I have an interesting woo woo story (from my own experience) that I'd like to drag out, that has, to me, interesting aspects because it sort of ties in with the scientific method, that of testing a theory by using it to make predictions. Well, we'll see. Carptrash (talk) 18:30, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

The solution to conspiratorial street design
Join the town planning department and throw out anything inappropriate/rework the submissions to your own design.. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 15:39, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

SPOILER ALERT FOR A WELL KNOWN ANIME FROM 2010
ZOMG its fmab all over again! 149.19.33.87 (talk) 17:17, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Bumpf