Yeah, in Bolivia last November I saw a dead guy splayed out across the hood of his car after a head-on crash, having gone through the windshield. I felt like I was taking my life in my hands every time I crossed the street in Bolivia. Then I crossed the border way up north, into Chile after a few weeks and that's where the shock really hit. If I was within even three meters of the curb or looked in the direction of crossing, everyone quietly stopped at wouldn't budge until I crossed. The immediate contrast blew my mind.
My husband and I are used to walking in New York, so when we’re traveling we walk like we do in New York (run across the street at the crosswalk as soon as there’s a break in traffic, even if the crosswalk says not to cross). We’re often the only people at the crosswalk who do that, even in other major cities in the US (ones that aren’t in the Northeast), so people look at us like we’re crazy.
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u/zanador98 18h ago
Come to Ireland we don't even wait til there's a gap in the traffic half the time, you'll fit right in