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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I had a coworker from France do an on-site. She stayed at a hotel about a mile as the crow flies from our offices. She insisted on walking when offered a ride since it was less than a mile away. But it was on the other side of a freeway, a main frontage road, AND two major streets with no available crosswalks. Walking took her almost an hour. I would drive by that hotel weekly within a few minutes of leaving the office in my car. 

Some areas are just not designed for pedestrians. Not just limited sidewalks, but the areas are explicitly designed only for cars since that’s the main form of transportation. I can say confidently, I have no adult friends in my area that do not have a car or at least immediate access to one. I know no one that walks. Not one person.
gpt
I am from NYC and had a similar experience in suburban Philly. Google SAID I could walk from the septa station to my hotel in 15 minutes, but after hustling through a tunnel with no sidewalks, I ubered everywhere.

Given that it was an older suburb in the US northeast, I was surprised. Would not have been surprised in the sun belt.