Why does everyone love Woodstock so much?

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

That's a huge exaggeration I think. Much of the country is pretty rural and there are lots of urban areas where, of course, this isn't true. Also, even many sprawling areas in other parts of the country have much better road networks and connectivity than suburban Atlanta.

Rural areas are car dependent, low density with little thought or planning for connectivity. Add that to the suburban AND most of the urban fabric in this country and you have the huge majority of everywhere. Expecting Woodstock to be someplace where you can live without a car is laugable, then to blast the road network when ITPers decry any road help for these areas and the laughter goes to head scratching.

These arguments get tiresome after awhile. The OP asked for info about Woodstock, not what parts of town he/she can live without a car. But the same old slant has to filter into this thread where it wasn't asked for in the slightest.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

Rural areas are car dependent, low density with little thought or planning for connectivity.

There's little to nothing to actually connect in truly rural areas. They are only car dependent in the sense that you have to drive "to town" for basic necessities, not in the sense of having stores around the corner but you'd almost be taking your life into your hands walking there because the built environment overwhelmingly caters to automobiles and not pedestrians.

Add that to the suburban AND most of the urban fabric in this country and you have the huge majority of everywhere.

All suburban areas aren't cut from the same cloth though, and by definition urban areas are not low density (relative to suburban and rural areas), car dependent areas with little thought or planning for connectivity.

Expecting Woodstock to be someplace where you can live without a car is laugable, then to blast the road network when ITPers decry any road help for these areas and the laughter goes to head scratching.

These arguments get tiresome after awhile. The OP asked for info about Woodstock, not what parts of town he/she can live without a car. But the same old slant has to filter into this thread where it wasn't asked for in the slightest.

But Woodstock's suburban form, along with traffic issues and distance from Atlanta, is a reason why a lot of people don't like it, contrary to the premise of this thread that everyone does like it; it just is what it is.