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Whats wrong with walking on the grass? It always blows my mind people choose to walk in the road, as close to vehicles as possible, rather than choose the clearly safer option and walk on the grass.
I'm genuinely curious why so many people are afraid of the grass, fuck, ill walk in the weeds/trees before I walk on the side of a road.
The road isn't a better option but issues with grass in residential areas:
Tree roots and other trip hazards
People parking their 5 giant SUVs and pickup trucks on them (this can happen on sidewalks too, but it's often worse)
Dog shit that is less visible
Road design is usually more hostile when there aren't sidewalks since they don't even consider the existence of pedestrians
Sometimes it's not grass so much as mud, particularly when flooding has occurred recently (which has gotten more common as climate change has advanced).
Running on a sidewalk (or road) is better for reducing injury despite grass feeling softer (since it's more uneven).
And on the larger sidewalks you can ride bikes on them relatively safely.
Agreed with preferring to walk on grass than the road, but the grass here is thick, uneven, and patchy. Very easy to trip or get stuck going through a section that hasn't been mowed in months.
If they had instead just made a sidewalk, things would be much easier. Especially in the areas that have sidewalk ramps that lead to nothing but grass. Laziness.
I want state owned electric self driving g taxis.
I want to walk out of my door and get in the neighborhood self driving bus to take me (up to) 2 miles from work, where I can either walk or use a lil razer scooter to get to my job.
A pointlessly, stereotyping answer. The type of people willing to invest hundreds of dollars into a [e]bike are usually fit enough to ride them without undue difficulty.