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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
I think one of the issues that people have is the sheer ######edness of closing down a major road so that people could get outside.
In a city with as many parks, and with the quality of those parks, to just shut down Memorial Drive as an excuse to get people outside is ridiculous.
There are great parks on either side of Memorial drive. Those are the kinds of places you want to get people out to.
I was inclined to get outside yesterday so I went to Bowness park, becasue it is a great place to get outside and go for a walk with my friends and their dogs. The eastbound lanes of a major thoroughfare next to a line of slow moving traffic is not the kind of place I'd want to hang out, let alone take pets or children.
To me it's the absurdity of closing a road so you can get peple to enjoy the outdoors, something Calgary (especially that part of it) is not lacking in opportunites to do. Then to gloss it over by throwing together a festival, is just silly.
The Alderman of this city should be doing more to promote our cities great greenspaces, not trying to get people to go for a stroll down a strip of asphalt.
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But you can't rollerblade on grass....
I understand that you and many other peopel have no desire to join this, but is it alright for other people to enjoy it? Octothorp lives there and he and his neighbours apparently like it and want it to go again. So why someone like yourself (a northie, IIRC) or resolute (a deep southie really care is interesting to me.
Sure, cars are for roads, but look at the Salsa festival or the Lilac festival. They're both awesome ways to spend a day. I personally rarely miss either, but some of my friends can't be bothered. They hate it and I understand why. But that doesn't mean I can't have my fun.