> I have heard rumors that there are neighborhoods in the US where there
> are no sidewalks at all, only streets. You are *supposed* to *always*
> drive a car there and, in fact, if you were to walk there, people would
> look at you suspiciously (because they would think you might be some kind
> of thief scouting the premises or something.) I don't know if this is true.
> (Sounds rather impractical to me.)

When visiting some suburb of Detroit (don't remember the name, near to 
the Ford place) it was exactly like this. I could see a shopping mall 
from my hotel window, but to walk there was a nightmare, involving 
walking along the road (no footpath leading up to the hotel), climbing 
over a barrier and crossing 4 lanes of traffic (although it wasn't that 
busy). The same thing happened when I tried to walk home from the office 
to my hotel, and I also noticed signs forbidding cycling on various 
roads near to the shops (such signs I would expect to cause an uproar 
amongst cyclists in any European country).

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