Walking is dangerous
Today I went for a nice long walk. I walked to the main square in Zagreb to stop by the tourist center in hopes of finding a pamphlet on walking tours in English. The last one I picked up on Sljeme was in German. Unfortunately they didn’t have any so I’ll have to go back to Sljeme for the English one.
Walking in the city is dangerous. Sidewalks are not for walking. They are for cars to park on and dogs to shit on. If you squeeze by the cars, your likely to step in dog shit. If you walk in the street, you’re likely to get hit. Ah. Se la vie!
I’m so frustrated with the cars on the sidewalk. I don’t understand why people are allowed to park like that. You see old ladies walking home in the middle of the road on a busy street, because they can’t get by on the sidewalk. I did a little search online about “cars on the sidewalk” thinking this was a European thing and I’d find a lot more people from Europe frustrated. But I was wrong. The second and fourth results were articles in Philly sources bitching about parking on the sidewalk. Heh. Imagine that.
Cars parked on sidewalk in NL - PhillyBlog
Get your damn car off the sidewalk - Citypaper
I don’t know why Philly is complaining. They ain’t seen real sidewalk parking yet. Picture to come soon…
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Actually, the Law says you are allowed to park on the sidewalk if you leave at least 1.6 meters passage between the car and the (building), but the main problem is too much cars (over 1 million in Zagreb), not enough parking lots/garages, and a horrible public transportation system. Not to mention the parking fees.