Submitted by Clollin t3_zq9wuf in massachusetts
MentallyMusing t1_j0y5duq wrote
I live in Quincy and the sidewalks are in terrible condition to the point I couldn't imagine trying to get around using them with any type of mobility issues. Lots of poorly planned tree planting has left the often narrow sidewalk with the roots making all kinds of hazards with the cement being pushed up in some places close to six inches above the flat before and after with huge cracks making it impossible for an elderly person or someone with a walker, crutches or a scooter or even baby carriage to get over safely and it is absolutely a citywide problem once you leave Hancock St and travel down any side street into a neighborhood. I also can't figure out how the ramps with circle bumps don't cause more problems than they cure in addition to the Horrific inconsistency of the timing and sounds of the pedestrian lights that are in and around Quincy Center which have zero consistency from block to block some even having signage instructing you to press the button and wait for the cars to stop while using sounds that a visually impaired person would Easily mistake as the ok to cross and there is ONLY a blinking light present that Never gives a pedestrian light with some like the intersection at Burgin Parkway where Star Market is heading twords Hancock St that has a pedestrian light that once you hit the median/2 lanes going across the 4 lane road traffic gets a green light arrow pointing them right into the crosswalk and the do not walk like doesn't even have the timer. It literally sets people up to get run over/sets driver's up to hit pedestrians and if it's raining there's even More of a chance of them not expecting a pedestrian to be there. They also put a SUPER dangerous New crosswalks just past it that has only a blinking light and signage saying to yield to pedestrians.
This city has been designed to trap people inside their homes in a very real way with zero options for being outdoors without it being a drive or walk into a restaurant. I grew up here and it is such a disappointment to have things this way. The intersection you have to get through to visit the police station is an absolute death trap as well and I tried crossing it with my then 5yr old and we got stuck having to push the button for the pedestrian light at every island going from the cemetery (that has a yeild to traffic right turn with No light) to get to McDonald's.... It was infuriating how long it took us to safely cross that little section to get to the button for the pedestrian light. I'm thinking the whole time between the lack of public restrooms (plus having to be a customer to use one elsewhere) and the pedestrian lights being so terrible.... I'm going to be stuck showing him how to jaywalk and keep a poncho with me so he can piss outside and still learn he'll get a sex offender rap if he ever gets caught taking a leak outside by the time he's 12 because he's gonna be one of those big kids who looks older than he is. Grrrrr
Clollin OP t1_j115hhy wrote
Not sure why you got downvoted. I think most of what you said is spot-on.
MentallyMusing t1_j118cey wrote
Thanks! People don't like the idea of fixers and that's what I chalk it up to. It super easy in the grand scheme of things to train RotBots to ratchet up and down votes.... It's sorta basic "Oh look what we can write code to accomplish" from day one. It's pretty disturbing it's not allowed as part of the discussion regarding the online experience since it's advanced to where it is today and the types of things you can push out from your own personal device to the interwebs/internet. Lots of scripted personas posting and posing as one of us instead of sent by one of us at the last point before it was unleashed
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