I went to Houston for the first time this year. I knew they’re against any socialist policies but the thing that shocked me was no sidewalks! I was wondering how they managed so I did some research and they just don’t. Hundreds of pedestrians are killed each year in the greater Houston sidewalk-less suburban area (statistically seniors?)
Houston is a nightmare, I’ve been doing a ton of permitting out there and it’s basically impossible because they use 95% of the right of way for the widest streets possible and if you’re lucky enough to have a sidewalk, it usually doesn’t connect to anything.
It’s not as bad as Scottsdale/Phoenix though
Austin is the same, my sister lives there and a couple times while visiting her I walked her dog. Some houses have sidewalks, some don’t, it’s totally left up to the discretion of the home builder/owner if they want to put one in. So you’ll have two houses with side walks then 6 with one and then one house with one…
It’s fucking horrible for walking dogs and pedestrians in general.
