Walking the dog, I notice now that my neighborhood has sidewalk elitism. The new-fangled development down the block with the HOA and rules and regs and speed bumps with non-descript homes and clueless suburbanites who leave their garage doors open all day and night have sidewalks. We on the other side of the tracks in the modest-income older home section do not. I have to take my life in my hands everytime I go to the mailbox.
Boyfriend has a friend on the police force in our county...when he asked him about what we could do to slow down the idiots who speed down our section of the neighborhood that has young children playing and a disabled child he replied "drywall screws". Just toss 'em out into the street. They'll learn. Well, I would love to do that but me and my non-constraint would probably wind up throwing them at the car instead of nonchalantly throwing them into the street in hopes of flattening a tire or two. Then we'd be in a real pickle.
Anyway, I digress...if our side of the tracks had sidewalks, I wouldn't feel as fearful just going to get my mail. As it is I have to look both ways before I get the mail. Plus, our mailbox has been vandalized on several occasions, once even the police were called because our mailbox head got chopped off and replaced onto our neighbor's mailbox post. Hooligans I tell ya'. I think the suburbs need to re-evaluate what they have to offer...peace of mind? Quiet? Low crime? You gotta be kidding! And what the hell is up with me having to *walk* to my mailbox? Who ever heard of such a thing?
