• Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      So many places in the US don’t have sidewalks and it’s a real tragedy. It sends the message that not only is this community not walkable, it is also hostile to pedestrians and children.

      Seeing new housing developments being built without sidewalks is so disheartening.

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        4 months ago

        The worst is when there’s no sidewalk and the community is really sprawly, yet there are desire paths in the grass. It shows that even though the odds are stacked against walking, a bunch of people still do.

      • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        My grocery store is literally 0.7mi from my house, but there’s no sidewalks along the two 6 lane roads I’d need to follow to feet there.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        not only is this community not walkable, it is also hostile to pedestrians and children.

        The ones with the pedestrian path painted in the road are even worse I think, almost like the designers actively decided not to build a pedestrian path there

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        3 months ago

        The only plus about where I live is I believe sidewalks are mandated on new developments. This is great, but it results in a lot of sidewalk - grass - sidewalk - grass. Eventually we’ll get there, I suppose…

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          4 months ago

          In Italy we have a similar problem: new developments must have cycle paths, but that means that we have many useless cycle paths in the middle of nothing,

          Maybe one day, maybe…

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      Love how Texas sidewalks just have ADA compliant ramps that just lead to… The grass. As if that helps anyone.