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Isn't a "stroad" just a name for a street designed like a road? Is it inherently a negative word or does it just seem that way due to the anti-car context in wh
by Mawr 3y ago
Isn't a "stroad" just a name for a street designed like a road? Is it inherently a negative word or does it just seem that way due to the anti-car context in which it typically appears?
- Swenrekcah 3y agoI tend to think of it as inherently negative. A road is to connect remote places, it is to be used by cars and they travel fast. A street is the space in between buildings of a town or city where people go about their business. Some use cars, preferably most don’t cause they take a lot if space. But the street is for people, the inhabitants of the town. A stroad is a place where people live in terror and then die. I like cars, I have one, regularly drive it and like to go fast when on highways and such. But they are dangerous and terrifying tools in the context of a town/city, especially for kids. If I’m driving near people, I drive carefully, slowly and the street needs to be designed in such a way that it induces that kind of driving.