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[quote=Anonymous]I'm American of families with roots in the US going back to the 17th century. Shoes off is definitely, unquestionably, becoming more common. We were never shoes off as a kid in the 80s and 90s but now many people I know are shoes off. And in my house we've gravitated to indoor shoes that we put on just for indoors and swap when leaving the house. But even I admit it's more psychological than real. Our houses weren't dirty as a kid. We didn't get sick more often as a kid. We have dogs. The obsession with cleanliness has a great deal to do with cities being quite dirty and polluted in other parts of the world as well as typically warmer average temperatures. But most Americans don't live in dirty and polluted environments. Our cities were much dirtier in the past but shoes also kept your feet warm in the colder houses of the past. So it's a luxury that we can forgo shoes these days[/quote]
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