Comments for http://www.exquisitecorps.org Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:53:53 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on TRINKETFUL UNIVERSE: Welcome to Tumbler Ridge, BC by Trent http://www.exquisitecorps.org/2011/08/17/trinketful-universe-welcome-to-tumbler-ridge-bc/#comment-5 Trent Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.exquisitecorps.org/?p=961#comment-5 Point of order. While the roads in Tumbler Ridge might be wide, they are rarely straight (cf the map you link to). The town was built on the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, which means that in every section of town there are a number of control points; if something were to happen, say, on Peace River Crescent and the police needed to control access in and out, they can block two entrances onto the Crescent or two entrances into that section of town, making it difficult for a criminal to make his (or her) grand escape. As part of this, the roads tend to loop back onto each other, or onto these main arteries, creating long, curving streets. Also, the oot and aboot thing seems to be more a midwest US/Southern Saskatchewan thing, though far be it from me to object to a little creative licence. However, up here, we say traʊt (the flat US accent), as opposed to the cliched troot. (Speaking of creative licence, though you will note from the map that there are no houses anywhere near the town dump. Just sayin'...) Point of order. While the roads in Tumbler Ridge might be wide, they are rarely straight (cf the map you link to). The town was built on the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, which means that in every section of town there are a number of control points; if something were to happen, say, on Peace River Crescent and the police needed to control access in and out, they can block two entrances onto the Crescent or two entrances into that section of town, making it difficult for a criminal to make his (or her) grand escape. As part of this, the roads tend to loop back onto each other, or onto these main arteries, creating long, curving streets.

Also, the oot and aboot thing seems to be more a midwest US/Southern Saskatchewan thing, though far be it from me to object to a little creative licence. However, up here, we say traʊt (the flat US accent), as opposed to the cliched troot.

(Speaking of creative licence, though you will note from the map that there are no houses anywhere near the town dump. Just sayin’…)

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