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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shoe-free is a cultural thing for my husband, and I've quickly become used to it.  We keep most of our shoes upstairs in our bedroom closet, but we have one two-level shoe rack at the entry where we keep a couple pairs of our most commonly-worn shoes.  We also have the coat closet at entry -- I keep our running shoes and large boots in there b/c I think they look kind of tacky at the entry.

[b]And to the PP who commented about the smell... not sure where you have been in Asia, but in South Asia people most definitely do not keep their shoes outside -- someone would steal them, or they would get bugs inside them. People I know keep them in a rack-type thing by the door.[/b] [/quote]

+1. I noticed that too and figured that PP has never even been to Asia! We live in Japan and you take your shoes off in the entry, neatly place them in a designated spot, and wear slippers provided by the host (who keeps a basket of various sizes in the entry). I shudder to think of the giant centipedes, banana spiders, and cockroaches that could take up residence if PP's imaginary Asian scenario were actually true!

We plan to go shoe-free when we're home. Not super hardcore - we won't ask adult guests to remove their shoes if they don't do so of their own volition - but for us and especially the kids and their friends, definitely no shoes.[/quote]

PP who made that comment. I spent my time in SE Asia (Malaysia/Singapore) and Hong Kong. Every home I visited had a rack outside the front door where shoes were placed before going inside. These were high-end apartment buildings, so I'm assuming centipedes and theft were less of an issue.[/quote]

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