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Why Barcelona Is The Opposite Of Every European City

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What to study

Expectation Violation

You expect an old European city to be a tangle, like London bent around its river. Barcelona is laid out in a grid, the way American cities are. That breaks the pattern, so you want to know why.

How the packaging works
Title

Naming Barcelona pulls in travellers who've walked its long straight streets, and the title offers the reason behind something they may have noticed but never questioned.

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The old maps let the street plans make the argument, one regular and one winding, though Barcelona's grid only shows clearly on a larger screen.

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The transferable lesson

When the difference is a visible pattern, show both patterns.

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Click driverExpectation ViolationCuriosity Gap
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