Why Did We Start Barefooting?

Dang, welcome to the Forum!
Dang, glad that you are here!
Dang, get us a barefoot quorum!
Dang, and hoist a GOL-DANG cheer!

 

Lol. You may well be a god damn genius!

 

I grew up in a city. When I moved to New England it was common to see people (teens and adults) barefoot in stores, fast food even some restaurants. We did have to wear shoes in high school but you could tell from the tough and dirty soles propped up in sandals how many barefooters there were.

When I moved back to NYC it was common to see maybe 6 or more women barefoot on the streets of Greenwich Village. I met two ex-girlfriends while were were barefoot. I recall saying to Suzy "I see we like the same style and color shoes!" because we both had really black, dirty feet. Today you never see anyone barefoot on the street, stores, etc. A sad sign of the times. As for the nasty stuff on the street, you develop a sense on how to avoid it. I've never had any problems barefooting on the streets, save for a few small shards of glass in my callouses which are easily removed with tweezers.

 

bmore streets nasty mane for for real, chicken bones everywhere, sometimes puke, and piss, more piss and shit in the allleys, don't walk thru them barefoot unless u wanna catch hiv...sometimes if ur in the wrong area, ull find needles in the street, fuck that, but NYC much cleaner and nicer, I love new york

 

Born that way, never gave it up.

 

The first time I went to India as a student I fell in with a religious group who shunned footwear, I gave away my sandals and went barefoot it was liberating and I felt a comfortable free spirit.
For the past 12yrs I've owned the same one pair of shoes which would still pass as new, I've even still got them in the box