04-04-2015, 06:06 AM
I drive the entire lengths of both 8 and 1 roads about once a month (well, usually I come down F road and miss the unpaved portion of 8 between F and G). As I understand it, these are the two best-maintained roads in the subdivision (I've never seen any better).
8 Road is pretty darn good. I notice that more lots on Road 8 seem to have houses than other roads. People there are more likely to drive regular sedans instead of trucks and SUVs. Real estate prices are higher on 8. Overall, people seem to want to live on 8 Road more than on the other roads.
Real estate is denser, prices higher, and cars less rugged on the paved part of 1 Road, too.
The perception is that people on these roads are getting MORE than the rest of us. Better roads! newspaper delivery! Cable TV! Fast and easy access to the outside world! (On the other hand, they deal with higher population density, more and faster traffic, and the outside world has easier access to them.)
Obviously, these more accessible parts of the subdivision attract a different kind of person than the wild and woolly areas. I think that may be an issue for some residents--it's changed the flavor of the acres.
So I don't think the paving of Rd 8 makes a physical division between above and below it, I think it contributes to a division in the Acres sub-culture. People on pavement vs people off-pavement and proud of it.
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8 Road is pretty darn good. I notice that more lots on Road 8 seem to have houses than other roads. People there are more likely to drive regular sedans instead of trucks and SUVs. Real estate prices are higher on 8. Overall, people seem to want to live on 8 Road more than on the other roads.
Real estate is denser, prices higher, and cars less rugged on the paved part of 1 Road, too.
The perception is that people on these roads are getting MORE than the rest of us. Better roads! newspaper delivery! Cable TV! Fast and easy access to the outside world! (On the other hand, they deal with higher population density, more and faster traffic, and the outside world has easier access to them.)
Obviously, these more accessible parts of the subdivision attract a different kind of person than the wild and woolly areas. I think that may be an issue for some residents--it's changed the flavor of the acres.
So I don't think the paving of Rd 8 makes a physical division between above and below it, I think it contributes to a division in the Acres sub-culture. People on pavement vs people off-pavement and proud of it.
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