General Township Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

We lived on a cul-de-sac in suburban Kitchener for about 14 years. We got to know exactly one of our neighbours. There was next to no visible interaction between the residents. On the other hand, there very much is community interaction on the straight streets surrounding Victoria Park.

I don't think the presence of a cul-de-sac is sufficient (or necessary) to create a community.

My experiences living on them have been opposite to yours.  They have been very positive experiences.  That's why I have the opinion I have, which shouldn't be devalued by others on here which it often is because I don't agree with someone's perspective. ( I am not singling you out Tomh009, your pretty cool)

Nobody is devaluing your experience. Nobody has said that cul-de-sacs cannot have a community. You are in fact the one who has devalued OUR experience, saying that cul-de-sacs are NECESSARY for community.

And in fact, I am seeking to explain WHY (you know, what features of) cul-de-sacs lead you to have the experiences you had, and whether we can have those experiences without the disadvantages of cul-de-sacs.

I'll say it again, YOU are the one who cited two examples, and both were a result of car traffic, of why you felt straight through streets are bad. Yet when I point out that this suggests that car traffic is the problem. You dismissed that as me just hating cars.

But yes, I think you're going to find a lot of people who don't think much of your opinions, because we have fairly strong evidence for why they are wrong.