Ouch, so US towns and cities didn't always be hostile towards walking. My assumption that it's always been this way, was wrong.
But in a way that's worse because it means they used to have this privilege and it has been taken away, and cars-first has become the norm.
But the roads would have been used for something, at a guess, was it trams and horse carriages, and that these didn't pose much of a problem? I've been to towns with trams in the middle of roads and it's normal for people to just walk around it or near the tracks without problem. But I am a stupid tourist so I kept my distance.
But in a way that's worse because it means they used to have this privilege and it has been taken away, and cars-first has become the norm.
But the roads would have been used for something, at a guess, was it trams and horse carriages, and that these didn't pose much of a problem? I've been to towns with trams in the middle of roads and it's normal for people to just walk around it or near the tracks without problem. But I am a stupid tourist so I kept my distance.