Well, I was in a student exchange to Boise, Idaho about 20 years ago and did a daily walk around the neighborhood for some fresh air. Three days in, I was stopped by a frantic police officer with his fucking gun drawn because someone had reported me as some kind of child molester who was scouting for victims, because someone just walking was a completely alien concept there.
I was taken to the fucking police station because the policeman thought I was making shit up either. My host family had to wiggle around with my German passport and threaten to get the Embassy involved until they decided I wasn’t worth the hassle and dropped the whole thing… So I learned two things from that exchange:
Americans thinking that Europeans don’t own cars is almost as dumb as Europeans thinking Americans never walk anywhere.
i mean… I’m basically the only American i know that has actually chosen to walk as a real way to get somewhere in the last 5 years.
the idea that most Americans literally never walk anywhere isn’t inaccurate. especially for anyone living outside of a city.
About a quarter of my colleagues walk to work everyday. One doesn’t even own a car. I don’t live in a city.
All of my colleagues drive 45m to 1.5hr to work in standard sized trucks.
Then your colleague must be Beau Miles obviously /s
Well, I was in a student exchange to Boise, Idaho about 20 years ago and did a daily walk around the neighborhood for some fresh air. Three days in, I was stopped by a frantic police officer with his fucking gun drawn because someone had reported me as some kind of child molester who was scouting for victims, because someone just walking was a completely alien concept there.
I was taken to the fucking police station because the policeman thought I was making shit up either. My host family had to wiggle around with my German passport and threaten to get the Embassy involved until they decided I wasn’t worth the hassle and dropped the whole thing… So I learned two things from that exchange:
Well you obviously can’t drive the truck to the bathroom. 🤡 jk