How come in some areas in NJ you cant walk to the store? (West Orange: houses, dangerous)
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I hate towns without sidewalks. Lots of people get hit by cars because of this. Essex green in west orange needs pedestrian walks.
For some reason they have a very small sidewalk going into Essex Green Plaza but for some weird reason they've put rocks in it. I don't understand . . .
For some reason they have a very small sidewalk going into Essex Green Plaza but for some weird reason they've put rocks in it. I don't understand . . .
They did the same thing on the island I got stranded on (see above post). It was great trying to get a stroller over it. I was thinking "I just wanted some cold cuts. Should I have to die for them?".
I always felt like towns without sidewalks just didn't want people walking in their neighborhood. I often wish my town well atleast my block didn't have sidewalks. Between neighbors parking in front of my house and dumping trash from their cars and pockets to the deadbeats walking to the 5th ave projects dropping soda cans and whatever other crap on my grass is enough to make me insane.
LOL, well there's an interesting twist.
We didn't have sidewalks in the town where I grew up (they have since been added) but it didn't have anything to do with not wanting people walking in their neighborhood--think about it--kids walked on those sidewalk-less streets to school every day!
I think it's got more to do with the fact that those towns, many of which started out as country towns, did not even have paved roads when the neighborhoods were built. Sidewalks were for main streets and bigger cities. Fifty-sixty years ago, no one ever expected the population in NJ to explode the way it did.
For some reason they have a very small sidewalk going into Essex Green Plaza but for some weird reason they've put rocks in it. I don't understand . . .
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Originally Posted by Irish Eyes
They did the same thing on the island I got stranded on (see above post). It was great trying to get a stroller over it. I was thinking "I just wanted some cold cuts. Should I have to die for them?".
Ahem, these walkways/crosswalks are obviously not designed by anyone who would likely ever be pushing a stroller, if you get my drift.
Saw something similar in the newspaper once--a woman complaining that whoever designed her house was not a person who had to do laundry, since they put the laundry room completely on the other side of the house from the bedrooms.
If it were put to a vote in each neighborhood I wonder how it would go? If I lived in a suburban neighborhood I would vote for no sidewalks. We all know that City-Data members are skewed to favor more urban, walkable features like sidewalks.
If it were put to a vote in each neighborhood I wonder how it would go? If I lived in a suburban neighborhood I would vote for no sidewalks. We all know that City-Data members are skewed to favor more urban, walkable features like sidewalks.
Idk about that , everytime they'll done a 2030-2050 Masterplan in this region , the residents of the suburbs demand more sidewalks and bikeways....
I often wish my town well atleast my block didn't have sidewalks. Between neighbors parking in front of my house and dumping trash from their cars and pockets to the deadbeats walking to the 5th ave projects dropping soda cans and whatever other crap on my grass is enough to make me insane.
I'm glad my street doesn't have sidewalks. It's just that much more snow I'd have to shovel come winter.
NJ is a state where this is less of a problem than any other state.
Not every community is as walkable as the next, but I mean, if walkability is what you want- you can easily find it.
In Maplewood and South Orange, pretty much all streets have sidewalks. These towns are as old as or older than West Orange, so it's not a function of when they were built or federal mandates. The sidewalks are heavily used by commuters walking to the train, kids walking to school, parents and nannies with strollers, etc. It adds a nice character to the towns.
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