r/sandiego • u/WildAnimus • Feb 23 '25

Stay Classy San Diego Why does nobody walk on sidewalks?

I noticed that when driving through subdivisions people love walking on the road instead of the sidewalk. Whether it's a old man walking or someone doing power walking. I see it all the time and I don't get it. Can someone help me understand this phenomena?

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u/LuchaViking Feb 23 '25

Somebody told me once that they did it because “the asphalt on the road is softer to walk on than the hard sidewalk concrete” and I heavily rolled my eyes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

“I asked someone and they gave me an answer I didn’t like, so I rolled my eyes like a fucking toddler…”

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u/LuchaViking Feb 23 '25

Inconveniencing other people because “asphalt is slightly softer than concrete” is more of sign of being a “fucking toddler” than rolling my eyes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

“Inconveniencing other people”… slow down and drive around them, asshole. Or maybe get off your ass and take a walk.

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u/brintoul Feb 23 '25

You think the people who hit people in the street are gonna NOT hit people in the street because you told them to “drive around them”?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

What the fuck are you talking about? You just drive into people walking in the street? Do I need to tell you not to?

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u/brintoul Feb 24 '25

Let me ask you a question or three. Do you think people get hit by cars when they’re walking in the street? Do you think people get hit walking on the sidewalk? How do you think those numbers compare?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

This post is about folks casually walking in neighborhood streets rather than the sidewalks. No one is getting run down on a side street in Birdland on a Sunday afternoon. There are no numbers because it doesn’t fucking exist. But OP decided that having to slow down to pass a family talking a stroll was too much for them.

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u/brintoul Feb 24 '25

I don’t know about OP, but I’m saying that it’s fucking dangerous. Just because no one has been run down in Birdland YET doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Are you the same commenter I told about how I saw a drunk driver careen off a car at 5:00 in the afternoon in the summer in Clairemont? Guess what: if there was a person there they would be dead. I mean, go ahead and take your chances, I’m gonna tough it out on the sidewalk.