Well, I was in a student exchange to Boise, Idaho about 20 years ago and did a daily walk around the neighborhood for some fresh air. Three days in, I was stopped by a frantic police officer with his fucking gun drawn because someone had reported me as some kind of child molester who was scouting for victims, because someone just walking was a completely alien concept there.
I was taken to the fucking police station because the policeman thought I was making shit up either. My host family had to wiggle around with my German passport and threaten to get the Embassy involved until they decided I wasn’t worth the hassle and dropped the whole thing… So I learned two things from that exchange:
To be fair. That’s the Christmas market on the Altmarkt in Dresden and there’s a huge parking garage right below it. 😄
I was literally coming in to say this. Some of the worst driving I’ve seen in my life is germans trying to find parking in Dresden near that market.
Americans thinking that Europeans don’t own cars is almost as dumb as Europeans thinking Americans never walk anywhere.
i mean… I’m basically the only American i know that has actually chosen to walk as a real way to get somewhere in the last 5 years.
the idea that most Americans literally never walk anywhere isn’t inaccurate. especially for anyone living outside of a city.
About a quarter of my colleagues walk to work everyday. One doesn’t even own a car. I don’t live in a city.
All of my colleagues drive 45m to 1.5hr to work in standard sized trucks.
Then your colleague must be Beau Miles obviously /s
Well, I was in a student exchange to Boise, Idaho about 20 years ago and did a daily walk around the neighborhood for some fresh air. Three days in, I was stopped by a frantic police officer with his fucking gun drawn because someone had reported me as some kind of child molester who was scouting for victims, because someone just walking was a completely alien concept there.
I was taken to the fucking police station because the policeman thought I was making shit up either. My host family had to wiggle around with my German passport and threaten to get the Embassy involved until they decided I wasn’t worth the hassle and dropped the whole thing… So I learned two things from that exchange:
Well you obviously can’t drive the truck to the bathroom. 🤡 jk