Drainage ditches instead of sidewalks?

[Poggly Woggly]

Ditches have their advantages. We have a ditch at the beach place, and people have never crossed overc it with their dogs to pee or take a dump I can't say the same about our place here.

[NewUser]

Originally Posted by meh_whatever

I haven't seen anyone imply that there's anything wrong with the people who live in such neighborhoods.

I think it was this one. I also took offense to it. Kinda like saying we're living in a trailer park or something.

Originally Posted by librarySue

I think you''ve hit the nail on the head...the sort of people a neighborhood without sidewalks would appeal to are probably not your kind of neighbor. Believe it or not, there are people in NC who won't ever come out of their house. Make it simple...just buy a house with sidewalks.

I live in the Swift Creek area. It is a protected watershed and the county really restricts how much pavement (i.e., impervious area) you can have. As NRG says, adding sidewalks would add to the imperviousness There are neighborhoods with $1.5 million houses with no sidewalks. I don't mind because there is no traffic in our neighborhood and the kids can ride their bikes in the street. Moms push strollers in the street. Fathers jog in the street. etc.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by NewUser

I think it was this one. I also took offense to it. Kinda like saying we're living in a trailer park or something.



I live in the Swift Creek area. It is a protected watershed and the county really restricts how much pavement (i.e., impervious area) you can have. As NRG says, adding sidewalks would add to the imperviousness There are neighborhoods with $1.5 million houses with no sidewalks. I don't mind because there is no traffic in our neighborhood and the kids can ride their bikes in the street.

Ahhh. Gotcha.

I think the discussion here was aimed at why a neighborhood that has homes ranging from 700k to over 1mil would not have sidewalks. I don't really think it was being critical of all neighborhoods that don't have sidewalks.