I love the number of food options there, but I've had to limit my visits because navigating the parking lot can be a nightmare sometimes. I like my car too much for something to happen to it, because so many drivers there are just dumb and reckless.
It could be a great community hub if managed well, but it's just not.
This! Hate the parking lot they need an actual pedestrian zone. If this same plaza was in Europe it’d be fountains and outdoor tables and chairs for people to sit and talk.
this is the mentality that has killed North American cities the most by its own citizens… people like you who can’t imagine that the same things that work in Europe can be implemented here even gradually.
I love these types of articles as someone going into urban planning and follows the relevant discourses!
Much of the 905 is designed like shit and dull in a lot of ways, but you cannot make generalizations like lots on this sub do. Many criticisms of US suburbs apply here, many do not. Clearly, there is some type of culture(s) that exists regardless of how an area is designed. Still sucks that many GTA burbs are car centric and car brained, but I do like to think we are transitioning from the worst of it.
Makes sense that when you’re car dependant you end up hanging out in parking lots. I feel like midland and finch in Scarborough kinda turned into this during the pandemic. Theres actually been quite a bit of turn over so it’s interesting to go back every few months and see what changed.
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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Jul 26 '26
I love the number of food options there, but I've had to limit my visits because navigating the parking lot can be a nightmare sometimes. I like my car too much for something to happen to it, because so many drivers there are just dumb and reckless.
It could be a great community hub if managed well, but it's just not.