My boss was agog that I walked to a client meeting this week.
It’s 0.7 miles (1.2km) in a straight line (actually its on a road perpendicular, so theres a single turn and a pedestrian crossing) on a flat, paved path (sidewalk) in the middle of a city, where every block there is a protected pedestrian crossing, and the weather was clear and 64°F (18°C).
We (as people from several European countries) just went to a business trip to a conference in a small town in NH. The amount of Americans looking at us as if we were crazy was quite serious. Because we were walking to get groceries, walking here, walking there, and they all were driving past us (because this is how you move around, duh!)
But I can confirm, the place wasn’t best suited for doing that, as the roads were winding with no direct trails to cut corners, sidewalks appeared and disappeared, and there was a “no trespassing” sign on every tiniest patch of forest.
It’s civilized in terms of “where to live” and “where to buy stuff”, but it feels like every place is detached from another, so you need to teleport to other locations. There is life behind the loading screens!
I really lucked out that the random apartment that I applied for before moving to a city is directly next to a nature trail. My dog loves it, and it turns our boring 1/2mi walk around the complex into a more interesting 2mi walk.
been there, tried that. So many people have cameras that scream at you as you walk by, and sonic dog repellent that it’s unpleasant/painful to walk the suburbs. Add to that the lack of anywhere to walk to, and it really sucks.
Who walks in the suburbs?
European in America.
My boss was agog that I walked to a client meeting this week.
It’s 0.7 miles (1.2km) in a straight line (actually its on a road perpendicular, so theres a single turn and a pedestrian crossing) on a flat, paved path (sidewalk) in the middle of a city, where every block there is a protected pedestrian crossing, and the weather was clear and 64°F (18°C).
We (as people from several European countries) just went to a business trip to a conference in a small town in NH. The amount of Americans looking at us as if we were crazy was quite serious. Because we were walking to get groceries, walking here, walking there, and they all were driving past us (because this is how you move around, duh!)
But I can confirm, the place wasn’t best suited for doing that, as the roads were winding with no direct trails to cut corners, sidewalks appeared and disappeared, and there was a “no trespassing” sign on every tiniest patch of forest.
This is why I live in a city. I wish our small towns were walkable because at this point in my life I’d prefer one, but not an American style one.
It truly is an uncivilized backwater over there, ain’t it?
It’s civilized in terms of “where to live” and “where to buy stuff”, but it feels like every place is detached from another, so you need to teleport to other locations. There is life behind the loading screens!
I walk in an apartment complex. Its not a terribly interesting walk but its better for my head than not taking one
I really lucked out that the random apartment that I applied for before moving to a city is directly next to a nature trail. My dog loves it, and it turns our boring 1/2mi walk around the complex into a more interesting 2mi walk.
Oh thats lovely!
been there, tried that. So many people have cameras that scream at you as you walk by, and sonic dog repellent that it’s unpleasant/painful to walk the suburbs. Add to that the lack of anywhere to walk to, and it really sucks.
What the fuck is going on that people have sonic dog repellant? Are there just feral dogs everywhere that the government is doing nothing about?
It’s been less than a week since I had to deal with a pack of dogs in the street, so… yes?
Me, also in the woods, or a city :)