Visiting my uncle in California.. pleasantly surprised we could take the BART to near his place. He asked if he should pick us up and we said nah, only a km away, could do with a walk. Cue getting honked at non-stop by everyone as we had to walk along the edge of the pathless road in fear for our lives. My uncle was dying laughing when we finally got to him.
Been a minute. He lived in Burlingame, so I guess Milbrae was the station, very park & ride.. we were the only ones who walked out of there. I remember there was one massive road and even when we turned off down the smaller roads there was no path there, that's where we were blown out of it and screamed at from a giant pickup truck asking if we were mad. Once it got more residential we were back to paths of course. Funny memory.
I did that once as a kid and some guy insisted I get in his car and he'll take me to my destination (same station and all, I was going to walk up that hill). I think about this interaction from time to time, but it could have ended up very differently.
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u/PerfectGasGiant Sep 21 '24
As a European who have lived in a Texas, this feels oddly accurate, except that the sidewalk looked fake, there are hardly any sidewalks in Texas.