Just got home from a week in the US, and explain this Americans:
>live 2km from the grocery store
>it's a sunny day so I decide to just walk down to it
>people driving by in cars look at me weird
>after about 1km the fucking police shows up
>asks me what I'm doing
>finds it suspicious that I'm walking to the store
>tells me in the US people who walk around are usually up to no good
>understands I'm not American and goes away, but suggests I take the care next time to not raise suspicions
>the next day some girl I know thinks it's "creepy" that I'd walk instead of taking the car
What the actual fuck? I thought this shit was just memes but it actually fucking happened, they thought I was scoping out houses to rob or some shit because I was walking. The fucking walkways were almost entirely empty too.
>>65744147
I'd heard the US was weird about people "loitering", but that's just fucking weird.
>grocery store
>2km away
truly 3rd world
even my poor shithole have everything in 5 mins walk
>>65744147
If u werent black they wouldnt have stopped you
next time acquire a scooter to blend in with the natives.
>>65744147
>Americans
>walking
>>65744755
This
everyone drives, hell everything was built around driving
It's infuriating
>>65744755
>no ramp for fatty-scooters
>>65744147
I don't believe you.
>>65744147
Everything is spread out in the US
My closest grocery store is about 6 miles away
You need to go to the south. I walk places regularly and nobody bats an eye.
>>65744147
yeah, but you forgot to shärt in your knäckeklärt, idiot
Reminds me of that book from Ray Bradbudy "Fahrenheit 451" where people who walk are seen as special snowflakes or troublemakers the authorities should keep an eye on since walking instead of taking the comfy fast car could be a sign they're refusing the mindless bliss.
I hate it when (excellent) anticipation science-fiction becomes reality. First 1984 then Brave New World and now this.
America, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
>tfw 3rd world shithole of Poland
>the bakery is 254 meters away from my place
>the grocery store is 341 meters from my place
>the 24/7 liquor store is 312 meters from my place
>the guy who sells smuggled cigarettes is my next door neighbour
>my job is 5.2 kilometres from my place, which takes me 15 minutes on a bicycle
>in case something went wrong with my bicycle, the nearest station of "public city bicycles" is 346 metres from my place
>since my ride fits well within the 30 minutes limit I use it free of charge
>>65744948
memeing on 4chan
who'd a thunk