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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I chuckle when my friends in AU park brag on one hand about their proximity and urban like grid pattern streets and then talk out the other side of their mouths about all the people cutting through their neighborhood on those grid streets to get downtown. What did they think would happen? That’s why  cul-de-sacs cost more right? [/quote]

This is what I don't get. I prefer 100% the grid layout. But then I see all these articles about how they need to reduce or cut traffic because people drive down the streets. That's the point!

I feel like a lot of these people want to live like they're on a cul de sac but still have the grid.[/quote]
Absolutely 100%. Could not agree more. They want to suburbanize urban living. It’s weird and I suspect a lot of the impetus behind this are people who grew up in the suburbs who moved to the city and now have kids and are having a hard time reconciling living in the city versus wanting to provide their kids the suburban environment they grew up with.

I think there has been so much ink spilled about “white flight” that people seem to have forgotten that suburban subdivisions actually have a very high functional value as a great place for kids to play outdoors safely. The trade off is that your life is less convenient, but people knowingly make that choice and it’s fine.

The idea that you can have the best of both without trade offs does not make sense and it’s for a good reason. [/quote]

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