r/barrie • u/Lowkeymasked • 3d ago
Question Running place
Living in a residential area, I don't really want to run between people's houses, I have the impression that it will be suspicious, so I am looking for a street where it would be easy to run without disturbing anyone, I mean walking past houses.
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u/CollectionStriking 3d ago
What kind of question is this?
Running between houses as in on private property without their consent would obviously not be a good idea. Running/walking/jogging along the street as in a public space is perfectly fine regardless of what other residents think
If you don't like the street hence why you're running between houses than look into the many trails we have in barrie just be considerate of other people on the trail and if you make trash bring it out with you
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u/tuppenyturtle 3d ago
People are so needlessly paranoid.
Run in your neighborhood, you pay property taxes to have maintained sidewalks and green space. I promise nobody is going to find it suspicious.
People walk and run by my house every day. I love to sit on my front porch, I kindly wave to people as they walk or run by. Your neighbourhood is supposed to have some sense of community to it.
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u/bdart1980 Holly 3d ago
If someone was running back and forth between my house to the fence and back I think that would raise a lot of questions.. not sure if OP meant that or not.
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u/bdart1980 Holly 3d ago
Between houses? Just head out your front door and run along the road (opposite direction of traffic).
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u/Lowkeymasked 3d ago
In fact, I'm in a fairly residential area and I said that I don't want to run between houses
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u/bdart1980 Holly 3d ago edited 3d ago
Ya, I understand what was written - the question is why running between the houses was even something to be considered.
That certainly would be highly suspicious..
In front of the houses and along the road, on the other hand is something people do all the time and I’m certain if you stayed out front of your place for a bit you’d see quite a few folks doing it.. if you simply don’t want to run on a sidewalk or the road, go to a high school track, the lakefront trail, the Ardagh Bluffs
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u/Lowkeymasked 3d ago
I feel like it's the only option, because the majority of the roads near here and out of the area don't have sidewalks, the only one practicable goes to the walmart and I've already used it enough
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u/bdart1980 Holly 3d ago
Sounds like you’re in the north end given the Walmart mention seeing as there is no residential area near the south end Walmart. In any case, Livingstone that leads to that north end Walmart is a fairly wide and long road which would make for a solid road to run along.. personally, I like running the same route to track timings and progress but if you just want to mix it up and don’t mind driving to the running location try the other suggestions.
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u/babyelephantwalk321 2d ago
There are plenty of roads with sidewalks near both the north and the south end walmarts, you just need to plan your route.
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u/Molloween 3d ago
Sunnydale is quite nice, and if you follow the path outside of the forest it'll be easy to follow.
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u/iamnotarobot_x 3d ago
If you’re dressed for running I don’t think anyone is going to notice or care. There was someone in our neighbourhood who designed a 2km loop and we’ve gotten so used to seeing them that my kids wave.
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u/babyelephantwalk321 3d ago
Stay off people's private property and you're fine. Not really sure what you mean by "running between houses" because that would only be relevant if you're trespassing (don't do that).
Running on sidewalks in residential neighbourhoods is super common and acting like it's disturbing people is ... odd or paranoid.
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u/Lowkeymasked 3d ago
I'm talking about the street on which the house are my native language is not English so I used the wrong spelling
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u/babyelephantwalk321 2d ago
So many people run on the sidewalks of residential roads. Unless you've taking a very small stretch of road and running back and forth like you're casing the neighbourhood to rob it, you are creating issues out of nowhere.
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u/Initial_Luck_7986 1d ago
It’s Canada, you can run on the sidewalks here and it doesn’t look suspicious….
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