this may be a dumb question, but why are the projects called the projects...

Hi Sweets, Don't quote me but I believe it has something to do with when they started building them they called it the housing project...like they can many projects when in process..It was for low income areas and the name just stuck. oxxoxoxoxo

Growing up in Ottawa myself, I know what you mean by calling sections of the city by the address, Walkley, Bayshore, etc... but where I grew up, it was called a project. There were three projects on my street. The poorer of the three was 'the hood', then the other two were classified by the street name. It's a good question as to why these housing developments are called projects. I always figured it was because all the houses were the same. Everything looked the same, everyone had the same trees, same coloured doors. Very boring looking really LOL My opinion I believe is that the term 'project' deems the area as a lower income family dwelling than the average single home.