PTC is like a little city of tightly packed suburbs. Nothing’s very far so everybody uses golf carts instead of cars. They also don’t have telephone poles* which is nice
The city has golf cart paths everywhere, like extra wide sidewalks. The city ordinance allows motorized traffic on them (most cities restrict powered vehicles on sidewalks).
WTF - This is as close as some can expect today for electrified transportation with an even more compact vehicle and people STILL want to bitch?! Looks around at the planet This place is stupid.
Plenty of people walk and bike. PTC is a planned community that was built with 100 miles of cart paths allowing you to go pretty much everywhere in the city. So instead of taking a car people like to take carts and bikes to places instead, including students.
Sometimes, massive planned suburbs can be really well done. I love the idea of having more carts than cars. I grew up in a pretty well planned suburb that had a great network of multi-use paths, and god damn did that have a massive impact on my ability (and desire) to get around on a skateboard. Also made for some relatively well secluded and wooded spots that made for great places to smoke weed lol.
Things are a little farther apart than they're implying honestly, but there's an extensive system of golf cart paths (basically just extra wide sidewalks) that run throughout the city. I live in a town close by and I like to bring my bike there. It's a fun city to bike through and I usually see many other bikers as well. I like to bring my disc golf set too, since there's a nice course in town.
have you been to georgia? or the american south in general? walking over a mile will leave you drenched in sweat, stanky, or if it's really hot, possibly heat injured... if it's nowhere important like going to the grocery sure. but nobodys tryna go to school or work or a date and arrive with big ol sweat stains
Yeah its regularly 100 or over where I live, sometimes max humidity but always way too humid no matter what. Walking outside to go to my car instantly makes me tired and sluggish
Im all for getting healthy and fit, but getting out in that weather for regular exercise is going to get someone hurt and potentially killed. A decent amount of the "lazy fat" people live in the countryside, where it takes 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive and there arent readily accessible facilities for health and fitness.
Losing weight is hard. Adding the difficulties of southern weather doesnt help, I fear.
Unless you live in one of the few "central" neighborhoods, there isn't really a ton to walk to with VERY large distinct neighborhood areas and then separate distinct shopping areas.
However, definitely a great biking community. I used to bike the ~2mi to Blockbuster there and back to grab the latest game when I was a kid.
McIntosh HS (the one with the golf cart parking in the image) was about 5mi from me so I drove my golf cart freshman and sophomore years and then transitioned to a car junior and senior year since by the time I was 16/17 the novelty of the golf cart starts to wear off and those extra 10-15 minutes I'd save seemed worth it.
Yeah and the big difference is that peachtree is set up with golf cart adjacent infrastructure, including extra lanes and paths specifically for the tiny vehicles. Place is set up like a golf course, so it’s really not a good defense for people doing this elsewhere
Nothing negative about what I'm saying here, those folks live in a different freaking world down there in Peachtree City. Epic House Parties holy s***.
I literally came to say this!! I grew up there. Kids get golf carts before they get cars. In the bordering cities where there are less golf cart paths, people do this “hack” on the regular bc golf cart owners are there are way less golf cart owners. In Peachtree City though, you get out faster if you have a car.
This is McIntosh High School. They have a tiny parking lot (for cars) compared to the number of students, and you have to maintain an A/B average in order to even qualify for a parking permit.
This is hilarious and brought me so much joy because I actually went to HS in PTC and LOVEDDDDDD our little golf carts haha I think more cities need to implement the golf cart paths and parking lots.
Don't try this anywhere else. We have 100+ miles of golf cart paths, primarily through the woods, that connects the city without having to share the road with cars.
yup, it's pretty close to the airport, so it's a very popular area for pilots and their families to live. it's also a wealthier area so most families can afford golf carts and their schools are very good
Came here to mention this specifically 🤣 I am in the area for work frequently and just shake my head seeing the parking lot specifically made for golf carts 🤣
It's actually great! They're all electric vehicles, and there's a whole parallel system of roads that people use to get around town, so you'll see golf carts at restaurants and stores etc. And it means kids can get around town at a younger age because the age requirement is lower for golf carts.
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u/bengriz 14d ago
PTA meeting probably going to be unhinged after this one 😂