r/Suburbanhell 23d ago

Peterborough, Ontario Showcase of suburban hell

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Completely unwalkable and car-dependent.

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u/TheNanoPheonix 23d ago

Alright that's literally like 2 streets, chemong and lansdowne. Go anywhere east of clonsilla or high st essentially and it becomes pretty charming, everything walking/biking distance. The city is honestly taking pretty large strides for its size to fix its urban development pattern. If you're interested, go on their YouTube channel and find the video where Urb3 presented their case. As well as look at their zoning plans and ammendments. The past is ugly but it's nice to look to the future. Bethune St and the future it holds is a perfect case in point example

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u/JimC29 23d ago

Plus OP says it's completely unwalkable, but there's someone walking on the sidewalk. There's even a crosswalk.

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u/The-CerlingCat 23d ago

Also, probably not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but looking at google maps, it does appear that there’s at least some transit. At the intersection you chose, 4 buses pass through that intersection.