The Ten-Mile Square: Drawing
Every NewVistas community begins as a ten-mile square of statute miles: 100 square miles, or 64,000 acres. The first community stands in the lower right quadrant; as its farms need less land, a second, third and fourth follow, each in its own quadrant five statute miles on a side. Farmland is laid out on the same ten- and fifteen-acre blocks and 132-foot streets as the communities themselves.
The drawing reads from the lower right, where the first community stands with its farm blocks round it. The three open quadrants are where the second, third and fourth communities follow, one at a time, as the farms need less land. Farmland and communities share one grid of ten- and fifteen-acre blocks and 132-foot streets, so the square fills without being redrawn. The full account, including how the falling land requirement is measured, is on The Ten-Mile Square.