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BackRiverAch t1_iudkp80 wrote

Reply to comment by riski_click in Do you consider Boston a Walkable City? by MetalForeign4018

It's very pedestrian friendly if you are from here because we jay walk like it was designed to be used that way.

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riski_click t1_iudu0n3 wrote

100%. Those of us that are from here know it's safer to cross wherever you are if there are no cars coming, rather than walking to a crosswalk and expecting cars to stop.

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BackRiverAch t1_iuj0ub7 wrote

Yep. I wasn't being funny, I'm glad someone else got it. We're not on a grid layout here with our roads, and people here also walk much faster in public than anywhere else I've been. I've never seen another city where people opportunistically cut through traffic like in Boston.

Like if you tracked most people here on Google maps walking around the city, it'd be them like zig-zagging through the city on foot instead of stopping at every crosswalk if they're from here.

Just an observation.

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