My suburb neighborhood is filled with walkers and it is super unsafe at night. They decided when they built it that they didn’t want to to create and maintain sidewalks and street lamps, so people always walk in the road and the only lights are the lamp posts at the end of people’s driveways. And almost nobody wears reflectives, or carries lights or anything on their person. Particularly when you’re blinded by an oncoming car’s lights, it’s nearly impossible to see people until you’re right up on them.
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Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This also depends on what kind of roads you have to walk on - highways suck for nighttime walks, because not only are you constantly on edge to try not to get run over, you also need to walk for miles to get anywhere.
Suburbs are nicer, but the best is to walk in a park, but that raises your chances of getting murdered by a lot so idk
I don’t know where I was going with this. I lost my train of thought.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s so stupid and shortsighted. Living environments are not just the inside of our homes - it includes the outside, the neighbourhood, and the options you have to travel in and out of there. All of this together decide your quality of life inside your home.
Seleni@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t for a second think it’s by accident. This was done to make areas less accessible to ‘undesirables’. After builders and realtors were told to stop forcing PoC into specific areas, they just went ahead and built suburbs that you basically had to have a car to access, ensuring poorer people were kept out.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
but the best is to walk in a park, but that raises your chances of getting murdered by a lot so idk
Is this a vibes-based take of do you actually have any stats on the matter?
Fwiw, the best is hands down a walk in a still kind of crowded city center. Few things bring as much security as eyes on the street
Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In the US walking outside is generally terrible even in the suburbs.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 day ago
That’s your problem. You’re supposed to be walking, not riding a train…
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
You’ll be fine if you just keep away from Assault Av., Murder Blvd. and Stabbing St.
/S
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Easy solution: bring a bear. Much less chance of being murdered, and the bear gets to shit in the woods. Well, park, but close enough.
Sconrad122@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Instructions unclear, hid roadkill bear in Central Park
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Easy solution: live in a safe country! We have no fears of night walks in Canada.
Curiousfur@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unless you’re indigenous, then there’s a risk…
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The 184 murdered Canadian women of 2024 might disagree with you. Especially Indigenous women, 24% of the total. Of course some were murdered by their husbands/partners, probably not our walking, but the majority were killed by strangers or mere acquaintances.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
This comment isn’t about violence against women comment. This is about safety of walking at night in cities. So just because I say it’s much safer to walk at night in Canada DOES NOT MEAN I AM DENYING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DOESN’T EXIST. Sheesh the logic of some.
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In all of Canada? Every city? All of Toronto and Vancouver? Wow I’m impressed that rape, murder and assault never happen there.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Compared to the US, yes it is much much safer here. I would be scared to walk late night downtown ANYWHERE in US cities. Here, that’s never been a problem.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Are you 12 fucking years old?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Cops even give you starlight tours. So safe.
nomy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Nah you’re just sheltered.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Are you saying living in a safe country is bad? o.0
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Until your bear meets RFK jr in the park