be glad you still have sidewalks, I have seen a lot of US cities that have just done away with making those.
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I knew it was bad but it's no sidewalks by default bad down there? I'm sorry for your loss.
The first time i went to Texas to visit SO's family, I got bored once at a gathering so i decided to go for a walk. I walked one block and the side walk ended. Ok no problem so i turned and walked another block and the side wall ended again. I realized after i walked in a circle that the side walk only existed for the block i was in. There was no sidewalk in any of the adjacent blocks. I was flabbergasted.
Literally 50 percent of Stockland development streets in Australia are just totally fucking lacking a footpath.
I live in a relatively centrist-ish large suburb in North Alabama, about 65k people. There aren't any stretches of sidewalk going for than a couple hundred feet, maximum. Outside of those scarce stretches, you get to walk on the wet grass with the dead armadilloes, a few feet away from certain death at the hands of Billy Bob's Ford F150.
we got stopped by police when we tried to walk from the Stratosphere Hotel in LV to an outlet outside the city (walk time approx. 30 minutes). They asked us if we needed assistance getting there, were asked why we didn't order a taxi and were genuinelly baffled by our desire to walk lmao
mad confusing to see "carcel" in an english post as a spanish speaker since that means jail
They both involve being locked in a tiny metal box, so it fits.
It's got the same root as the English word "incarcerated", from latin carcer - prison. Neat!
Looks like there are bike lanes on the road.
You mean suicide lines, right?
You'll also notice, in that Solo Stove abomination of a state, a distinct lack of cyclists. Because for huge chunks of the year, it's way, way too hot outside to walk or ride a bike the incredible distances necessary to go anywhere.
Source: I grew up in that molten pile of racism.
It should be noted that the season for comfortable walking and biking could be greatly extended also with the addition of street trees and a reduction in asphalt.
Well then, Arizona's screwed. It's the largest frying pan in the United States.
It’s too hot for trees to grow.
Paint is not infrastructure. I will die on this hill
You could. Let's hope you don't.
Aneurysm warning: meme contains gen z speech
What?
walkpilled - variation on "red pilled"
cardiomaxxer - variation on "looksmaxxing"
carcel - variation on "incel"
gascucked - gasoline + cuckold
Thanks but now I am confused what variations mean.
You just got postcucked
Postmogging the boomercels
Why build a city up and condensed when you can just spread it over 100 miles, add 1 rail line, and then declare yourself a great transportation hub?
Never been to AZ, but Dallas sucked balls to walk or cycle in.
Jesus christ that newspeak
Anythings better than dallas lmao
Pheonix bus routes were ok last time I was there, but I had to buy the bus pass at a store and not on the bus.
Also, pretty sure they're all going to die in the next two decades as a result of the horrible droughts and power grid failures and a lot of them will deserve it for voting Trump.
if I was better at Geoguesser I might try to figure out which part of the greater pheonix area this picture is from