I used to live in an apartment then decided to buy a house for reasons such as wanting to have a yard / outdoor space (wanted to buy a big dog among others), leave city life for suburban life for peace & quiet, family-proof (place where I’d want hypothetical kids to grow up in), etc. After experiencing both I prefer house over apartment.
As a Finn this is beyond perverse to me.
Like I want to ask questions like “can’t you just walk in the woods next to the road then” but then I realised what a brainfart that is as the continental US isn’t covered in >75% woods, unlike Finland, and the road might go along private property or something, and unline Finland, the US doesn’t have the freedom to roam laws we do.
I genuinely have a hard time understanding how one can’t walk somewhere, but I do believe you.
Yup, you highlighted exactly why.
I chose a random spot in a middle-of-nowhere state, Missouri
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GM2Pd1UFWZd5aMpU7?g_st=ac
I’d bet that’s a 55 mph Rd that people do 65 mph on 105kmh), no real shoulder, and private property touches the road. It’s Missouri so you’d actually maybe even get threatened or shot if you walk across the wrong person’s yard
No crossings, so you just have to run across the road
It’s like that. A lot of places.
My Nordic sensibilities are offended
In the land of the free you’re not free to move unless you’ve got a car. Like I’ve known that a long time but that’s a rather visceral example, thank you for increasing my understanding.
You’re welcome and I’m sorry to show you that.
So anyway that’s a great example of why we moved from the US to Scandinavia (Hej fra Danmark)
Welcome to the Nordics, min ven. <3
Although despite your good fortune, I do worry for the rest of America, despite having no intentions of going there.