what is that you usually do or see in your country or area but is weird to do in other area you have traveled or vice versa?? like it is unusual to wear footwear indoors in asia.

  • Eq0
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    2 days ago

    I lived in NJ. When i randomly said i didn’t have a car, some colleagues gave me pitying looks. I heard NY is its own little microcosm, but it seemed in general US is very car centric, so much so that there were areas I literally couldn’t reach by foot.

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      It’s hard to generalize any aspect of life in the US because of how damn big it is. People in metropolitan areas can get by just fine without a personal vehicle but it’s much harder in the suburbs and all but impossible in rural communities unless you’re very self-sufficient. I live near a city (Seattle), sufficiently so that I can easily walk to a bus and connect with the regional transit system. If that was my only option I’d have to majorly restructure my life, but it could be done.