This is the wedge issue that splits Latin America and East Asia away from the usual consensus
what is meant by “shoes” here? Like, do people in the US walk around their homes in same shoes they wear outside?
Yeah a lot of houses will wear outside shoes inside. There is a decent number of people who don’t do shoes in the house, though.
you get kind of used to it, but yeah I don’t wear shoes in my house and never have lmao
I live here and: its bad.
I’m going to end up being one of the “overbearing” people that insists people take their shoes off I think, as I get older. I had a few people over and none of them took their shoes off this summer and they tracked dirt and shit all over that I then had to clean up. And I’m definitely no neat freak, not at all, but I don’t want rocks and dirt and road salt and puddles and etc all over my floors, I walk on those floors, mostly barefoot or in socks.
maybe its less bad in places that don’t get much snow or rain and have perfectly manicured sidewalks (lol) but idk that still means trashing your floors or carpets with grit and tracking nasty road dust inside and such, I don’t get why anyone would ever lol
I take my shoes off even when people insist I don’t have to, unless its somehow so dirty that I really need them. it’s just wrong lol, They don’t know where my shoes have been
I think maybe it comes from many people in the US driving everywhere. Your shoes only touch the parking lot/driveway, and only briefly, whats the big deal. If you’re only ever going from your own garage to another indoor parking garage even moreso.
Exactly… it wasn’t until I lived on my own in more culturally diverse areas that I realized how gross it is and made my home a shoes off home.
I’ve also moved towards changing my clothes before getting comfortable in my own house. I don’t want outside clothes on my couch. This is a little unrealistic if you host people, but I still operate like that for myself.
Fwiw it’s situationally dependent in my experience. I don’t wear outdoor shoes in my own home, and I don’t know anyone who does. Visiting family or close friends, I probably take my shoes off for most occasions. A social gathering at someone’s house I don’t know well, then shoes definitely on.
