I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      211 months ago

      Not if the American automotive industry has anything to say about it. The whole country has been built around making walking impossible or too dangerous to attempt, just to maximise car sales at the expense of citizens’ freedoms.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        111 months ago

        I don’t doubt it, I just don’t understand it.

        You don’t have to walk on the roads. Is there no grass or dirt nearby to walk on?

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              211 months ago

              Judging by the pictures I’ve seen of the US, and google maps street view, more road, or parking lots. Sometimes, but not often, short stretches of sidewalk, often not wide enough to walk on safely, regularly interrupted by lampposts and whatnot.

              • @[email protected]
                link
                fedilink
                111 months ago

                Do you have any examples? I’m picturing suburbia with houses next to houses and fences blocking everything except driveways that lead to roads that go nowhere except driveways for miles until hitting the highway.

                But that just seems like a lazy video game set piece. I can’t imagine it in reality

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      211 months ago

      I live in an area that is not safe for the kids (or adults) to walk. It’s a hilly windy area outside city limits of a smaller touristy place. Lotta state park area if you go at least 4 miles away, though.