I Never had a Sidewalk
By DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
United States
April 20, 2020 9:31am CST
I’ve been thinking and wondering. 
Wherever I lived, the streets never had a sidewalk.
Growing up, there was one sidewalk across the street . That’s where I roller skated and rode my bicycle. I never stepped on a crack for fear of breaking my mother’s back. (Silly old wife tale)
What I have had are roads coming up to the lawns.
~Photo of my Connecticut rock garden ~
Do you have sidewalks? I’m curious.
Wherever I lived, the streets never had a sidewalk.
Growing up, there was one sidewalk across the street . That’s where I roller skated and rode my bicycle. I never stepped on a crack for fear of breaking my mother’s back. (Silly old wife tale)
What I have had are roads coming up to the lawns.
~Photo of my Connecticut rock garden ~
Do you have sidewalks? I’m curious.54 people like this
49 responses
@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr 20
In my area, there were sidewalks. I skated, skateboarded, and rode my bike on them too . . . and on my ventures I can't say there were any local areas without sidewalks. However in our current area (which may be older than my parents' area) there are a few houses that do not have sidewalks.
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@much2say (55669)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Apr 20
@DianneN I was a tomboy and I liked to be mobile - so yes, I skateboarded! I remember going off on my own to venture various neighborhoods . . . I may have been as young as 6 doing that. But that was such a different time . . . I wouldn't dare let my kids do that here!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
20 Apr 20
@thelme55 I live in a small city in Florida. If I walked to our downtown, it would take about 25 minutes or a 5 minute car ride.
There are sidewalks there and in neighboring areas. We have water instead of forests.
Up north it’s a completely different story.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr 20
This is LA so there are sidewalks on 99.9% of the city.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
20 Apr 20
@JohnRoberts So true! I remember a trip up there and seeing a gorgeous woman jogging in the road with a guy following her in his sports car.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr 20
@DianneN All of our suburbs are basically planned out developments many on grid patterns. Of course if you go deep up into Bel Air and residentials up in the hills and mountains, sidewalks disappear but that's because the wealthy seek privacy and you can't have sidewalks along twisting mountain streets like Mulholland.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
20 Apr 20
@DianneN here not in the area where I live
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@freelancermariagrace (28050)
• Philippines
20 Apr 20
There are no sidewalks here in our area.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
20 Apr 20
Yes we have but some of those are impassable for there are obstacles.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
21 Apr 20
@Nakitakona Usually, it’s not a problem.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
21 Apr 20
@DianneN Is that so? It seems it's common anywhere else.
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
20 Apr 20
No side walk we directly step into street when exit our house..... Not in my locality
But new housing scheme are planned and the have side walk
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@FourWalls (68120)
• United States
20 Apr 20
I have sidewalks in my neighborhood, but most of the kids prefer to walk in the middle of the street. 
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Apr 20
Yes and No. I have lived with them and without, now I am without.
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@LindaOHio (178869)
• United States
20 Apr 20
We had sidewalks when we lived in Cleveland and the Cleveland suburbs; but once we moved out to a more "countrified" area, there were no sidewalks.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
21 Apr 20
we do know - when I was a kid we alternated - depended a lot on where we were living.
we didn't need any stinking sidewalks. We were wild children!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
21 Apr 20
@DianneN i stood next to a good kid once, by accident!
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