Growing up in Hawaii, and being a member of the white tribe, it only took a few times getting buzzed by car-fulls of locals yelling "effing *****" before I took permanently to the sidewalks. Modus vivendi.
One time in Honolulu a fat ***** tourist stood on the sidewalk with his hands on his hips and tried to scowl me off, thinking the law was his, and I just had to laugh.
Later on I learned there were laws on the mainland requiring you to ride in the street. That was very interesting.