Why americans don't have sidewalks
>Trying to walk somewhere in California
lol
>>57314024
No sidewalk can be big enough for their lard, so they didn't even bother.
>>57314024
Its californa
because we can afford cars, unlike you, juan. back to work on the wall.
>>57314024
To keep niggers in the ghetto.
Generally, a lack of sidewalks, bus lines, or other mass transit helps to keep them from encroaching into other areas.
>>57314024
It probably originally did but they were removed when they widened that road.
We just drive our scooters onto the roads.
>>57314670
This also the road is wider so more people can quickly drive through and gtfo the ghetto if they go there accidentally.
because it's apparently in the desert part of commiefornia. nobody is walking around in 150 degree heat.
>>57314024
Sidewalks attract bums and lowlifes.
Get a goddamn car if you live in the U.S.
>>57314024
Yes we do.
>>57314024
>Why americans don't have sidewalk
WTF Texas?? You're not a part of America all of the sudden?
BC its 120 degrees F in california all the time
>>57314024
American's only know what sides are.
>>57314024
That is just shitty California. All that taxation and liberalism and they can't build infrastructure for shit. Spend it all on dindus and spics.
>>57314024
because california is broke
There are too many negros and latino gangbangers in Socal so there is no need for walking
>>57314024
Was that guy the shooter? I missed the happening
>>57315041
We don't.
>>57315473
Yeah, 2 terrorists down. 1 inside a house/church.
>>57315656
race?
>>57314024
San Bernardino is a shithole.
>>57314024
cause san bernardino is the detroit of california
>>57315899
The police refuse to release it to the news, but middle eastern according to police scanner.
Many upper scale municipalities here in California deliberately outlaw sidewalks with their building codes.
They do it to keep the riff raff out.
I mean seriously if you are not some broke bum you simply drive your late model SUV to wherever you need to go. It's pretty smart actually.
>>57315899
Look brown
>>57315899
1 Arabic/Hispanic male - dead
1 Arabic Female - In custody
1 Nigger - still at large
I work in San Bernardino and my ride drives a black SUV, so hopefully theres no confusion
>>57314670
Everybody itt take note of this post. The human roach issue is SO BAD in california that there cannot be sidewalks or else the human roaches will ruin everything for everyone. Think of some major issues that are parallel to this. Now think about the fact that this failing liberal state, has the most sway in presidential elections, and it cant handle sidewalks.
>>57316145
your ride is dead bro
time to get back on uber
>>57314024
>Why americans don't have sidewalks
its to dangerous to walk on the sidewalk because you could get shot.
>>57315656
>>57316054
>>57316092
>>57316110
thanks for the info
>>57314024
Most cities have sidewalks.
Outside of the cities, many country, rural, and subdivisions don't.
>>57316064
>It's pretty smart actually.
No, it is a sign your community is overrun with shitskins.
Wait, first barricaded suspect was in A HOUSE
Then it was said it was A CHURCH
... hmm it is a MOSQUE?
No one walks in JEWmerica anymore
>>57316449
It's a house/church.
>>57315656
I heard a report of two deaded, one in custody, and one on the run.
>>57316592
no, there were only 3 suspects
>>57316672
The initial report was of 3 shooters.
The theory is that there were three shooters and a getaway driver that wasn't wearing black.
>>57314024
I'm from London. Growing up my family had 2 cars but we would use public transport when it was more convenient.
> be 10
> be on holiday in Florida
> ask hotel receptionist where bus stop is
> dat look of actual confusion
> bus stop 3 blocks away
> 3 blocks is like half a fucking mile
> bus every hour
> fuckthis.jpg
> rent car
In america public transport isn't a matter of civic pride. They literally think people who use public transport are disgusting.
>>57316592
The one in custody is one of the dead ones. They didn't survive.
>my eyes when they show these scenes in my 4k uhd tv
4K TV WHEN?
More to the point why do they call it a sidewalk?
Its a fucking pavement.
Americans simplify everything linguistically.
If they didn't call it a sidewalk you'd find Americans meandering down the middle of the road, confused and delirious.
If they didn't call it "horse back riding" as opposed to "horse riding" you would find Americans riding on the horses neck or swinging about from the tail.
I'm basically ripping of a Michael Mcintyre bit but its pretty accurate.
>>57316252
but thats my mom ;_;
>>57314024
Its a highway, not a street. At one point it may have had side walks, but now it does not.
>>57316958
There will not be a true 4k broadcast source for probably 10 years.
Hell we probably won't see 4k media other than streaming for 2-5 years.
>>57316841
Half a mile isn't very far at all desu
>>57316841
>They literally think people who use public transport are disgusting.
Public transport is for the poor and disabled. Literally. Anyone who can afford a car and drive does, and cars are cheap. I mean, even our teenagers own cars. I know lower-working class people who own multiple regular driving cars and a custom racecar for driving at the track.
>>57314024
We do, just not on every fucking street.
>>57317045
>Americans simplify everything linguistically.
You're welcome.
>>57314024
Depends where you live
USA is like Europe .
Difference is the USA is a country with states and Europe is a continent with countries.
Each state and county being unique.
>>57317045
The entire road is a fucking pavement you shittooth jew fuck. The sidewalk is a specific portion of the pavement... on the side... meant for walking...
>>57317176
I am very disappointed desu. The samsung app store is shit, it doens't have a smart controller, you can't do many things... 800€ is too much for that shit.
>>57314024
As an American I've never seen a neighborhood without sidewalks.
>>57317274
I own a car but congestion is pretty bad in the cities.
Its probably cheaper and less stressful taking the bus to town rather than driving and paying for inner city parking.
The services are pretty shit but the routes aren't too long.
I use my car for work and everything else though.
>>57317502
have you ever left your own neighborhood?
>>57317183
walking half a mile in the mid day Florida heat is a fucking nightmare. Then you get to the 'bus stop' (just a fucking metal sign on a pole) you find out you have to wait 45 mins for the next bus.
Fucking America.
>>57317474
Is something fitered to
>DE
<SU
Or are we bringing it back?
>>57317443
It kind of ruins the beauty of the language though
Pavement is a nice French derived word. Which in turn is derived from Latin.
Sidwalk is ugly and clunky, its like calling the road a middledrive.
There are sidewalks all over. What I hate the most is why the fuck to bikers insist on biking in the road in a suburb, when there is a completely empty sidewalk just a few feet away. I can understand if you are in an inner city, but there is no reason to not ride on a sidewalk in a suburb
>>57314024
No cycling lane?
because californians don't like when people walk near their property. also car companies wanted to make it hard for people to walk places and to use public transportation. they wanted people to buy cars.
>>57317894
Bicycles are classified as moving vehicles in most cities in the world and therefore they're supposed to be operated/used on the god damned roads.
IT'S CALLED A SIDEWALK SO PEOPLE CAN WALK ON IT AND NOT GET HIT BY MOVING VEHICLES YOU STUPID FUCK.
>>57317741
FLfag here. Half a mile is nothing, three to four minutes at most. I walk at least three a day, even during peak hours.
Dress appropriately and seek shade. It gets just as hot or hotter in NYC during the Summer.
>>57317552
>and paying for inner city parking.
Most Americans don't even actually live in the cities. Greater Metropolitan areas counting suburbs and rural maybe, but most don't even go near the actual cities on a regular basis.
>>57317455
mmm
Buy pavement means "trodden down floor" from the latin "pavimentim".
Whereas road derives from anglo saxon influences , the word "rad" or "ride" meaning a journey on horseback implying that it is for vehicles as opposed to pedestrians.
>>57316064
>>57316196
>tfw the Expo Line will turn the one area of LA that isn't a gangland shithole into yet another gangland shithole
>>57318224
I've never seen anyone get a ticket for riding a bike on a sidewalk. Hell I don't remember even seeing anyone bike in the road when there was a sidewalk near by up until a few years ago. It makes no sense at all
>>57317769
T B H is filtered to desu
F A M is filtered to senpai
S M H is filtered to Baka
They're the closest japanese equivalents I guess.
I figure that Hiro has browsed /pol/ a lot since the massive discussions on /q/ since he took over the site. Somebody had to explain those memes to him and he thought the interchange would be funny.
>>57318662
>They're the closest japanese equivalents I guess.
No, just modposting.
>>57318317
pavement
noun
1.a paved road, highway, etc.
2.a paved surface, ground covering, or floor.
3.a material used for paving.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pavement
A pavement is a general term for a paved surface, like a road, or a sidewalk, or a parking lot, or a basketball court, or a concrete back yard.
A sidewalk is a specific section of pavement... on the side... meant for walking...
A road is a section of pavment, meant for thoroughfare of vehicles.
Learn your own fucking language shittooth.
>>57314024
>implying inner city nigs use sidewalks
>not knowing caliniggers just strut down the middle of the street
Holy shit man do some traveling in your life
>>57314024
You see fewer sidewalks as you go out west because everything becomes much more spread out, so walking is rarely a viable option.
If you want to make more sense of it. Look up a lightmap of America. Eastern US is a lot more dense than Western
It's 100 degrees at night and the nearest store is 7-8 miles away by freeway.
>>57318223
This is one of the issues with capitalism
For the most part its great but when people have no way of safely traveling without investing in an expensive item that continues to cost money and needs to be registered, insured, taxed and needs a licence to operate the people have lost out.
Free and safe travelshould be a right of any human in a civilized society.
>>57319179
I don't think most non muricans realize how stupid murican nigs are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb_HqZYdm7g
>>57318303
I don't live in the city either but its worth travelling too for the bars, shops, saturday slags etc
>>57318662
desu senpai baka still filtered eh
>>57317741
Public transport doesn't work when you have spread out cities like in the US. It would be impossible to design routes to get everyone where they needed to be all hours of the day without requiring either a fair bit of walking or alot of half-empty buses. It ends up being alot more practical for everyone to just have their own car. Also walking even a short distance in Florida in the middle of summer is pretty awful for anyone not used to it.
>>57319609
>but its worth travelling too for the bars, shops, saturday slags etc
Yeah, we don't need to go to the city for bars, shops, and sluts.
America is more spread out than most other places in the world. If you tried to walk everywhere going to the store would be a weekend long endeavor and you'd spend your entire day walking to work
>>57318818
Well I'm not sure on the definition of desu but it seems like a word that gets placed at the end of sentences for no real reason t b h
And senpai and senpai basically mean the same, someone you appreciate.
Baka is an insult but s m h also implies disdain or disapproval.
>>57318847
You're completely ignoring the etymology of the word though.
Pavire is the root and it means to beat or trod down.
>>57314024
Poor areas can't afford them I guess. Sucks for them because they have to walk everywhere because they can't afford cars or gas.
That's how you know if you're in the ghetto, people are actually outside walking around or on their porches because they cant afford a/c. Usually those of a shit complexion.
>>57314024
Why do foreigners think California is representative of the other 90% of the country?
>>57319505
Seriously. I visited a buddy in LA about a year ago and he told me how niggers will just walk across the street all the time randomly and I thought he was exaggerating. I found out after a 30 minutes drive that he wasn't even close to exaggerating.
They're stupid as fuck and they don't give a shit at all
>>57319460
>cars
>expensive
Literally only the poorest of the poor don't have cars. Those people working at mcdonalds making 7.25 an hour have cars. You can go to a used car lot and pick one up for a few thousand, and car loans are not at all hard to get. As long as you don't have expensive tastes, a reliable car can be had for less than $100 a month.
>>57314024
Odd, I live in western Montana and we have side walks.
>>57317848
Frenchified cvck spotted
I bet you say autumn too
>>57314024
California isnt america
>>57316841
i don't use public transport exactly for that reason. you have to wait for hours for the bus, the routes don't get you everywhere you need to go and the bus stop is always a mile away from where you are.
because of those reasons only those who really need it use it, i.e. niggers. making them dangerous and inconvenient
>>57314024
because you get shot the moment you step outside
>>57314024
We do. Poor and rich people don't
>>57314407
Growing up in the Sacramento area there were sidewalks everywhere. I was surprised at the lack of them in other states when I moved.
>>57314670
This is such horse shit since black people tend to live in cities and cities are the places that have these things.
I read some of the most retarded shit on here. What other stupid theory do you support? That niggers can't survive in the cold?
>>57320718
Cars themselves can be cheap but the upkeep and running costs can be pretty high.
Its different here I guess, our government wants less people driving so they make it harder.
>>57320812
I like the french influence in the language to a degree but only because it is a romance language and it sounds nice.
I despise the norman conquest though.
They didn't let anglo saxons speak old english when facing trial in court.
They destroyed most of our culture.
And they call us the opressors.
>>57314024
If you live within city limits, there is a sidewalk.
If you live outside the city limits (the county land) there usually arent sidewalks.
>>57320029
That's actually a really good point. The scale of everything in America is still strikes me every time I visit.
No wonder you guys don't really walk
>>57315360
And the train. Don't forget the train.
>>57321397
Yeah our government doesn't rape your ass with taxes on cars and gas.
>>57321563
Same here, in England you know basically every reasonably large town, and you know someone from
Everywhere. It's weird thinking that people couldn't even tell you all the towns in their state.
>>57314024
>>57314670
Like Niggers use fucking sidewalks. Here in Baltimore they all walk in the fucking street, regardless.
>>57319179
>traveling the US
Yeah, no thanks. There are way more cultured places to go to. Besides, I don't want to get mauled by a nigger anytime soon, so...
>>57321240
I read a noam chomsky article about how the white suburbs of new york were against extending the subway to their neighbourhood as it would bring in 'undesirables' (read blacks)
that's probably where this theory comes from
>>57320567
Largest population and biggest variation of races next to New York, I guess.
>>57321788
>>57321563
For example, I live in the mainland US but live further away from today's shootings than Berlin is from Damascus.
>>57321563
>The scale of everything in America is still strikes me every time I visit.
Heh, yeah. Technically I am inside the metro area of a...well..semi major U.S. city (not NY/Chicago/LA). It's a 2 hour drive by highway to the city center assuming ideal highway driving conditions.
>>57316110
Another fine day of diversity and cultural enrichment
>>57321868
>I only want to go to cultured places
>I don't ever want to experience anything in the US.
Ha you seem as ignorant as the rest of the world thinks the US is. You'd fit in just fine here
>Why americans don't have sidewalks
We have designated shooting streets instead.
>>57317894
Because many people are too short sighted to not park their cars in the part of their driveway that blocks the sidewalk. Also sidewalks can contain dangerous conditions that are hard to see in time for a biker and pedestrians, often with dogs, will be somewhere along the path. A kid biking two streets over to his friends house should probably use the sidewalk tho
>>57322212
I am literally on the opposite site of the continent and have basically none of the issues that California has aside from shitty State government debt issues.
>>57320557
Language is fluid shittooth. Words acquire different meanings from their etymological origin.
Trying to pick apart modern language based on antiquated definitions of words just makes you a fucking idiot.
>>57317894
riding bicycles on sidewalks is technically illegal in a lot of areas
>>57322212
You live further away geographically but much closer in terms of culture and politics.
>>57322939
Riding bicycles should be illegal.
Bicyclists are the most annoying fucks on the road.
where's the best place to see the incoming lead fest
>>57323298
Nobody is culturally or politically close to Caliphornia.
>Merrishits
>>57323451
them and suv drivers
every time i'm cut off or i get next to some passhole it's a prick in an suv
>>57314024
Gop too obsessed with not spending money on anything but prison and military that sidewalks are seen as socialist invasions of privacy
>>57323298
But this is wrong.
The U.S. is not a singular political and cultural entity. Even within a given state there are vastly different swaths of political and cultural influence. Going state to state and region to region the cultural and political environment varies similarly to country to country in Europe.
The idea of a singular American culture and politic is nonsense perpetuated by the ignorant.
>>57323601
>Caliphornia
My sides!
>>57323777
>Caliphornia
>GOP
>>57323696
>that post
>that irrelevant flag
>>57317045
>If they didn't call it a sidewalk you'd find Americans meandering down the middle of the road, confused and delirious.
>>57322939
Okay mate
Take your forwardmover down the middledrive to the alcoholdrinkingbuilding and enjoy your darktime.
>>57324486
Cool strawman bro.
Don't be upset that you don't fucking understand English or the actual modern definitions of words.
>>57323601
Yeah but similar things happen right across the country
>>57323858
I said they were closer not identical.
>>57314024
Because amerifats don't move walking
>>57324446
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA241Lg70fg
>>57314024
Their's sidewalks, just poorly kept.
>>57324809
>Yeah but similar things happen right across the country
And in the middle of Paris, doesn't mean Paris is culturally and politically the same as anywhere in the U.S.
This was a Moose Sliming
>>57314024
There's a sidewalk in that pic, you retarded sudaca
>>57325041
>Their's
There's
Those are not sidwalks. That's called an easement.
>>57325041
>Their's sidewalks, just poorly kept.
Our education is obviously just as poor.
>>57321175
Because the sacramento area is a fucking cow town with nothing to do. You can literally walk anywhere in 10 minutes
>>57317954
Fuck cyclists.
>>57324680
Well if the origins of words have no pertinence whatsoever and the true meaning is irrelevant you could just arbitrarily attach random definitions to any fucking grunt you like.
I accept that language is fluent. I just contend that Americans are utilising it in a retarded way.
>>57314024
Walking in LA is not safe.
>>57325194
It probably has many similarities considering how many french people immigrated to America.
I really don't feel like I made that outlandish of a statement.
>>57321240
Niggers are seriously why public transport in America sucks, we can't have anything linking the city to the suburbs or they'll wreck everything.
>>57325738
Fluid*
>>57325041
come on america its not that hard
>>57325738
The original meanings don't matter when words have acquired new modern meanings. Trying to claim something doesn't make sense because you're choosing to ignore the modern meaning of the words, you're just be a retarded (and incorrect) pedant.
>you could just arbitrarily attach random definitions to any fucking grunt you like.
Words and their meanings are inherently arbitrary. They are sequences of sounds we associate meaning to in order to make language. There is no intrinsic meaning to these sounds, they are arbitrary by definitions.
These arbitrary meanings are fluid and constantly changing with time. Pointing to the original arbitrary meanings of words before and ignoring the modern arbitrary meanings is stupid.
>>57316110
Nice try honkey
they're white
>>57325738
Basically your argument is
>American english is dumb because I don't like it.
Neat. Typical britbong bullshit.
Why don't you go try to figure out how many syllables are in aluminum.
>>57326235
Actually there may be some intrinsic origin to our language.
We know that many cultures across the world share similar sounds for similar things.
Such as mmm sounds for the mother
and ddd orr ppp sounds for the father.
Nobody really knows or understands how language developed into what it is today.
But there is a point in keeping words as they are to some degree.
One example that I can think of straight away is the word breakfast. Alone it is a random sound that has a meaning attached. If you analyse the word though and study its origins its is actually descriptive of the act. It implies that you are breaking a period of fasting. It is the first meal you eat after waking up.
Pavement is the same in that respect.
It means the same in England as it did in ancient Latium, Italy. Its evolved slightly, but the definition is the same.
>>57326695
There are five syllables in aluminium
No its dumb because of the reasons I mentioned, I don't like it for those same reasons.
>>57320557
desu means to be/it is in Japanese, baka.
>>57327497
>al-ohh-min-ee-um
Nice ebonics there britbong. You sound like the great American negro
>>57322939
have you ever seen anyone get any sort of ticket for riding their bike on a sidewalk?
Hell I visited my cousin in Tokyo for 2 weeks a while back and I saw people riding old fashioned bikes on the sidewalk all the time. If the nips can figure out how to do it around fucking TOKYO, I think some suburban faggots here should realize clogging up the road for no reason is stupid
>>57314024
As if Americans walk
>>57315899
>>57316054
>>57316092
>>57316110
Remember, no races
>>57328343
It was named by the English Chemist Sir Humphrey Davis actually.
Who also named other classics, such as potassium, sodium, magnesium etc
He originally had three different names but decided in Aluminium officially in 1812.
It wasn't until 1925 that the American Chemical Society adopted Aluminum.
>>57314024
Are you fucking blind??
>>57314024
niggers don't need sidewalks. that's what the middle of the street is for.
>>57314407
i lived in the valley and there were sidewalks. could and did walk to the mall.
>>57327314
>Actually there may be some intrinsic origin to our language.
Wrong.
Even if every human on earth spoke the same language with the same dialect and pronunciation does not give the meaning associated to those sounds intrinsic meaning. The meaning is arbitrarily assigned by our species.
>But there is a point in keeping words as they are to some degree.
Even British english has morphed and evolved significantly over the centuries. Claiming American English is somehow worse because it began changing along a different branched chain than British English serves only to reflect your particular anglocentric point of view.
Essentially you don't like it because you're not used to it because of where you live. Which means absolutely nothing and makes you a retarded pedant picking things apart meaninglessly simply because they are unfamiliar to you.
Pavement is a surface that is paved. This is a completely reasonable definition given the etymology.
The fact that you take issue with the idea of the self descriptive of "sidewalk" yet you actually cite breakfast as a usefully meaningful term are hilarious.
>>57329051
That's not a side walk. It's the Public Right of Way, aka, the 6 feet of land that isn't yours but you have to pay for anyway.
desu walking overrated senpai
america baka
>>57327497
>>57328885
This is wrong. Davey's called it Aluminum in 1812 after initially calling alumium.
>Chemical Philosophy
>This substance appears to contain a peculiar metal, but as yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state, though alloys of it with other metalline substances have been procured sufficiently distinct to indicate the probable nature of alumina.
The Aluminum spelling was further solidified when used in Websters dictionary in 1828.
Aluminium was created by the British after the fact that didn't like the real spelling and insisted on inserting an extra syllable for no reason.
British people don't spell or say Aluminum correctly, per the name given by the British discoverer of the element.
Deal with it. You say words wrong because of your geographical location. Your pronunciation and spelling of the element Al are not original nor correct. thus you have no room to talk about American English and the etymology of their use of words.
>>57329418
Came here to say this.
>>57314024
Nobody walks in USA, too afraid to get killed and too fat.
>>57316110
The black guy didn't die first?
THIS IS A REVELATION
>>57331740
Niggers are good at running. Sandniggers aren't good at anything.
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>>57314024
>he doesn't just walk in the street
Fucking plebs
>>57314024
>he doesn't just drive to where he wants to go
Get a load of this pleb, hahaha
>>57314024
>implying I want to pay the city the extra money for a sidewalk
What, you don't want to maximize you're grass space?
>>57331599
The reason people don't walk in the us is because everything here is so spread out
I think you mean "footpath"
>>57321240
>defensible space theory
>environmental design
I live in San Bernardino and I find these neighborhoods without sidewalks to be weird. Turns out thy're old ass neighborhoods from the old orange grove days where houses were further apart and nobody walked anywhere.
Now San Bernardino is bankrupt because of 30 years of greedy politicians, because nobody pays attention to local elections, and there is no money for roads - let alone sidewalks.
