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“We drive quite a bit. There are not any shops constructed close to folks’s homes. Most commute to work. It is tough to perform within the US with out a automotive, except you reside in a significant metropolis.”
“Once we visited the US, we stopped to relaxation at a motel in a small Texan city. We noticed that there was a restaurant simply throughout the road, however there was no (authorized?) method to get there, so the clerk informed us to drive to the subsequent intersection, make a U-turn, and drive again. This felt unusual to us. Additionally, many locations did not appear to have any sidewalks alongside residential streets. No marvel everyone drives all over the place.”
“That’s at all times the very first thing I inform my pals again dwelling once they ask what’s stunning about dwelling right here. I had examine that earlier than transferring right here and understood on an mental degree, however really dwelling it, it is so deeply pervasive. Granted, I moved from a really walkable metropolis, however my first American condo was a number of blocks from a espresso store that I could not stroll to as a result of there was no sidewalk. I needed to get in my automotive to drive to the park if I wished to take a stroll. Even the place I dwell now, we have now sidewalks, however they’re so poorly maintained which you can’t safely use a stroller or wheelchair on them. We’ve to stroll on the street if we go for a stroll. The approach to life round strolling/driving was an enormous adjustment.”
