Originally Posted by
Spld cyclist
I've found that it really depends when growth happened and when streets were laid out. The neighborhood I live in was built in the 1920s - 1940s, and there are plenty of sidewalks. Sidewalks are missing where growth happened in the 1950s or later. What seems strange to me is that in the 1950s and 60s, many families only had one car (and sometimes no cars at all), so plenty of people were still walking back then.
I just wonder how the idea that residents are not meant to use their feet could develop? Like what happens when your car breaks or you run out of fuel?
I was raised in a town beyound 69 degrees North, in the permafrost area, yet we had sidewalks nearly everywhere....