Quote:
Originally Posted by counterfactual
Easy to get around? Surely you'e joking?
You can't mean walking, because it's just a bunch of 4 lane highways and twisting concrete roads with steep embankments that any pedestrian or family would be guilty of gross negligence if they tried to walk around, or cross.
|
Can't agree with this. I've walked around it and found it easy to negotiate. Intersections have signals, easy to figure out. Actually a good place to walk for exercise if you are so inclined.
Quote:
You can't mean driving, because it's this twisting maze of incomprehensible interlocking roads, with hidden driveways and blocked parking lots and surprise dead ends.
|
Disagree. One visit is all it takes to figure it out. The second time around is a breeze. Much easier than trying to figure out driving and parking around downtown - I don't really like making that comparison but it's the truth.
Quote:
Do you use a Jetson-style flying car? That might make it easy to get around.
|
No, but I've always wanted one. Would be a nightmare if everybody had one though.
Quote:
Dartmouth Crossing is a downtown killing urban sprawl nightmare that could only be improved if a meteorite crashed into the middle of it tomorrow, creating a deep, soulless, crater.
|
Then it would match the downtown with all its empty lots waiting to join more empty lots as they continue to tear down heritage buildings.
Seriously, does anybody here actually feel that Dartmouth Crossing competes with the downtown for shoppers? I don't think a whole lot of folks from Westphal/Woodlawn would be inclined to travel all the way downtown with no parking and poor bus coverage to shop in the downtown. Not to mention that there is not enough real estate to house a large box store that has become the norm in retail across North America. If they did build such a store in the downtown, the outrage here would be phenomenal. I think blaming Dartmouth Crossing for a declining downtown shopping situation is lame at best (besides, it's not really on the decline).
Blame lack of downtown residential for the lack of shopping downtown - a situation which is steadily improving.