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Originally Posted by Wolf13
Which is what I'm trying to get across... yes, urbanism = no skywalks (which I think is less valid in extreme climates), but make a property or area appealing to the end user and you draw people in. Ergo, pedestrian activity and all that.
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I think this is stretching it a bit far, cause it's not like students will be making their decisions on whether to take classes at RRC based on if it has skywalks or not. Education is pretty inelastic; sure you have a few choices, but really the walking connections on campus are probably not gonna factor into how many people are gonna be on site overall.
But for the students there, I think it'll be a good amenity to have. Again, as esquire said, it's all one campus so it makes sense. Not like we're funneling them to Portage and Main from there. And it's not like people running through the cold for 5 seconds between front doors is gonna add a whole lot of spark to the area.