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        Other than the ADA compliance mentioned, there’s also weird property ownership and utility access things that can come up.
        The laws that give them the ability to put sidewalks on your property usually phrase a limit on where they can put it. They can’t just cut a 45° corner off your lawn because it’s easier. If the property that owns that wall technically exists in a funny shape their sketches of the plan could have happily breezed along making a weird gap.
        There could also be a utility junction under that area that they didn’t want to cover.

        I don’t think there was a tree because you don’t see the mound or divot that you usually see if there was a tree somewhere, at least one big enough to warrant that much of a sidewalk swerve.

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          They typically don’t waste concrete unless spec’d or otherwise needed. Doing a T would be cheaper, but would leave the leg down to the intersection too steep for a wheelchair.

          This is a common sidewalk method.

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        They are such graceful creatures that love to roam the world by themselves, but unfortunately are often kept in larger herds for carrying heavy goods and may even be chained to one another to prevent them from escaping these terrible conditions. 🥹

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          Every now and then while walking to my local grocery store I find one grazing near the apartment complex nearby, and since I am already on my way to the store, I invariably bring it back to the herd.

          I assumed this was the correct course of action as it was one of the smaller ones, I figured it got lost from its parents.

          But now I wonder if I’ve been bringing an escapee back to its prison! 🥺

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    Asshole landscape architect tried to make everyone walk farther because he is using bad pathing as decoration.

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      Central Business District usually - mainly the commuter centre for a town or city, but is often used interchangably with “town/city centre” or “high street”.

      edit: London for example - the City of London or the Square Mile would be the CBD, but it would probably be used to describe somewhere like Oxford Street as well.

      Orlando is the prime example of having a CBD rather than having a main shopping district in the city centre.

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        Why did the dentist cross the road?

        Tap for spoiler

        To get to your mother’s cock and ball department.