Why is Eden Prairie road layout so bad?

[slamont61]

Originally Posted by Cruz Azul Guy

I’ve heard this explanation before and don’t think this logic applies to suburbs like Eden Prairie. Compare that to cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul or the historic areas of Excelsior, Hopkins, White Bear Lake, Anoka, Shakopee, Farmington, Chaska, etc. which are set up with a neat and tidy grid making them more walkable and easy to navigate. This is a stark contrast to car-dependent bedroom communities like Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, Eagan, Plymouth, Apple Valley, Woodbury and Blaine which were designed as twisty-turney mazes full of cul-de-sacs, strip malls and department stores.

That said, I would consider Eden Prairie one of the more egregious examples of this type of design. Without using navigation I have gotten lost there before.

And we are in agreement. (Dec 23rd 2021)

If you haven't made a wrong turn in Eden Prairie, you haven't been to Eden Prairie.

[slamont61]

What else did anyone expect from a place with Purgatory Creek running through it?

[noslrac]

While going to school, an assignment was to design a subdivision. Requirements: curved roads and no grid patterns; they are "boring."

[wamer27]

Grid is old and curved is new is the simple answer.

[Astron1000]

Eden Prairie is a waste of gas and time. It's a place where you can see the building you want to get to only 300 yards away, but have to drive 3/4 of a mile and through 6 stoplights to get there.