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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 10 months ago

Because America was built for cars, not pedestrians. You'd be surprised how hard it can be to walk just a block or two down sometimes....

Also in some parts of the country we have ridiculously fast roads right in front of neighborhoods so 3-4 minutes might be at 55mph (88kmh)