iaink

Didnt apply to me, I had to drive across the city to work, past Carrow Road. Frequent gridlock as I recall

Couldnt afford a house there either

Did like Norwich though.

Lorry1

I don't know!
When we first moved here the neighbours invited us round for a drink. They were standing outside the front and we started walking around the outside of their lawn to the driveway. They laughed at us and said 'you can walk accross the lawn if you like'. We were really nervous of doing that lol

We occasionally walk accross our neighbours back gardens to cut accross to the other side of the crescent. I always feel so awkward doing it though, like a naughty kid. They really don't mind here though. It's just such a different mentality!

fledermaus

The meter readers, mail carriers will stroll across the lawn, we do if visiting next door. The kids from across the way will play there sometimes but a deliberate stroll across all the lawns would be frowned on. If you want to have a look at someone's tree or flower gardens then stroll on in.

No one seems to have mastered 3 point turns so reversing into someones driveway to turn around is common.

It took me a while to get used to but it does give a more open feeling. We took our fence down out the back too and that makes it seem as if it's all one park.

Lord Vader

Honestly, I would have been laughing my ass off if I saw someone do that. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT ME PRECIOUS GRASS!

BristolUK

Not a major city but you don't need to leave Moncton to see empty cars in parking lots with windows open (sometimes keys dangling from the ignition) and plenty of things left on seats.

Same in NB. Very few fences around although I never see people walking between the houses though.

Alan2005

I hope this is irony.

paolosmythe

It is interesting for me. I live in suburban Vancouver and so the grid block road pattern is in full effect.

Very few properties have their front gardens fenced in (although the newly built structures do tend to have walls and tree / bush lines.

The older houses though are still very open plan and those on the corner of intersections present a certain challenge to me, to not just walk on across.

Some home owners have planted strategically placed bushes on the outer most corner of their front lawn as a sort of cone or beacon for pedestrians to navigate around.

Because i will always walk on grass over concrete, my rule is this: if it is a single house dwelling, then walk around; if it is a building of mulitple occupancy, then haul on through.

Grass is natures carpet afterall!

paolosmythe

sarkasma (TM)

Lorry1

OMG do NOT mention 'brick' homes. Steve will never let you live it down

fledermaus

Grass, you have grass? the weeds and dandelions havent taken over??

jealous me

Alan2005

Yes it was obvious. Sorry, only been up five minutes.

el_richo

Same in different areas of BC. What i'm saying is that these threads paint a picture that isn't true throughout all of Canada.

iaink

I fixed the thread title, happy now?

Alan2005

Not one of these 'crime' threads again. Per capita crime here isn't that much different to the UK.

Steve_

Most houses that appear to be brick in Canada are actually brick-faced, the only real brick houses I've seen are either pretty old or are in BC. Brick-faced houses seem to be popular in Ontario but in reality they're wood-framed.

The low R-value of brick was brought home to me once when I stayed at the Banff Springs hotel in winter.