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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop being so lazy. Having sidewalks makes a neighborhood more safe for pedestrians, and walking is one of the best (and free) exercises a person can do. [/quote]

Pedestrians can walk on the road. Roads were never meant for cars only.  Bike, walk, scoot, skate on the road! [/quote]

It depends on what traffic is like in the neighborhood. If you live in a residential area with zero through traffic, having no sidewalks can work fine because people just assume that there will be kids and people in the street and no one minds going slow or like driving around a family walking down the side of the road.

The problem is that very few neighborhoods are like this. Most neighborhoods have through streets, and even if you don't live on a through street, people now drive down adjacent roads all the time to get around traffic on the through street. Those people don't live in the neighborhood, don't care about the vibe of the neighborhood or the safety of people who live there (even the kids), and are often impatient and stupid.

Pedestrians can't safely walk on the road in the latter neighborhood, which is most neighborhoods. Thus: sidewalks.[/quote]

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