I grew up in a cul-de-sac of a poor neighborhood, and it was essentially a giant playground. Highly recommended as a child. It is, however, toxic for property values. That’s why planned neighborhoods have parks, playgrounds, courts, etc., so that kids are relegated to designated play areas.
Funny thing about that, is the people who live next to the parks complain anyway. In my town, there is a really nice park with all of the amenities. Basketball courts, playground, tennis courts, soccer field. It’s awesome. Because of the rising popularity of Pickly Ball, and the fact that the tennis courts were often empty, it was brought up that one of the tennis courts should be turned into two Pickle courts. It went through all of the necessary steps with City Hall and was ultimately shut down because the people who lived alongside the park thought it would be too loud.
What I meant by “parks” were neighborhood parks that are part of the master planned community. They are not public. They are meant for the neighborhood.
As far as pickleball goes, they aren’t wrong. My house is over a quarter mile from the pickleball courts and you can clearly hear them. The paddles and the balls are hard plastic so they are very loud. That said, the courts are extremely popular and have been a tremendous addition to the area. It’s too bad those NIMBYs ruined it.
Why is pickleball so popular? I’ve been wondering. I have chronic pain that prevents me from swinging my arm, so i can’t try it. Is it just what’s hot right now, or is actually better than similar sports like tennis or badminton? Is the equipment cheaper or something?
More reasons to build interconnected walking neighbourhoods with car parking, if even needed, out of the way. For some reason we’re so obessessed with cars that we’d rather our frint yard be half pavement and looking onto a road than walking even a small distance to a more predictable parking area where kids are less likely to randomly appear.
Not so fun fact: Parents run over their own children in their own driveways at an alarming rate and still we do nothing about it in the US and Canada because we literally hold the car so far above the safety of our living children that it must not suffer any inconvience, no matter the cost.
Sadly, no. At least, not on the street.
I grew up in a cul-de-sac of a poor neighborhood, and it was essentially a giant playground. Highly recommended as a child. It is, however, toxic for property values. That’s why planned neighborhoods have parks, playgrounds, courts, etc., so that kids are relegated to designated play areas.
Funny thing about that, is the people who live next to the parks complain anyway. In my town, there is a really nice park with all of the amenities. Basketball courts, playground, tennis courts, soccer field. It’s awesome. Because of the rising popularity of Pickly Ball, and the fact that the tennis courts were often empty, it was brought up that one of the tennis courts should be turned into two Pickle courts. It went through all of the necessary steps with City Hall and was ultimately shut down because the people who lived alongside the park thought it would be too loud.
What I meant by “parks” were neighborhood parks that are part of the master planned community. They are not public. They are meant for the neighborhood.
As far as pickleball goes, they aren’t wrong. My house is over a quarter mile from the pickleball courts and you can clearly hear them. The paddles and the balls are hard plastic so they are very loud. That said, the courts are extremely popular and have been a tremendous addition to the area. It’s too bad those NIMBYs ruined it.
Why is pickleball so popular? I’ve been wondering. I have chronic pain that prevents me from swinging my arm, so i can’t try it. Is it just what’s hot right now, or is actually better than similar sports like tennis or badminton? Is the equipment cheaper or something?
Oh, people are worried that they’ll hit somebody’s kid backing out of the driveway.
More reasons to build interconnected walking neighbourhoods with car parking, if even needed, out of the way. For some reason we’re so obessessed with cars that we’d rather our frint yard be half pavement and looking onto a road than walking even a small distance to a more predictable parking area where kids are less likely to randomly appear.
Not so fun fact: Parents run over their own children in their own driveways at an alarming rate and still we do nothing about it in the US and Canada because we literally hold the car so far above the safety of our living children that it must not suffer any inconvience, no matter the cost.