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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by IshKebab on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:55PM (#36933214)
The thing I've noticed in the UK with a buggy is the insane lack of dropped kerbs. Why? Does it really cost a lot more to have a slightly different shaped kerb?

They also seem to have a terrible habit of putting them in the inconvenient places that they want you to walk, not where people actually walk. E.g. set back 10m from a t-junction. So even if there are dropped kerbs it's still significantly more inconvenient if you actually have to use them.

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Re:I feel hopeless, rejected, and a burden on society-one we... by bombcar on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:30PM (#36938531)
Dropped kerbs are a moderately expense more, especially in time.

And they're rarely retrofitted; there's one missing on a path we take and I always forget about it, and even just a stroller is a pain to get over. I don't see how a wheelchair could; they'd have to go down the (relatively not busy) street to the nearest driveway.

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