Jamie, that's pretty cool... But you might consider some sort of sandal for public places you're not allowed to go barefoot... It's a pretty common rule. I'm thinking specifically, while I was in florda (I was like 13 and this was all irellivant to me) I was in key west, and there's a sandal company there, i think it's called kino. It's what all the locals wear all day long, I recall them as breaking in to be pretty comfy, and conveniant. You might consider trying to find locally, or make something of that general nature. Then you could be almost barefoot, and not have to deal with the disgusting smelly rubbery plastic shit that most people call sandals. Or, there's always burkenstocks.
Jamie, you know I was just fucking around with this debate, right? I am not a hippie, I enjoy shoes except on carpet, and I wouldnt tell anyone to leave my store if they were barefoot or shirtless. (unless it really did pose a risk.)
America (more specifically USA is the country we live in. America is a combination of two separate continents that stretch almost from pole to pole), anyways, USAians are idealistic. I like to fuck with those people. Like you have completely opened yourself up to be shredded to pieces by the vultures of the HF. I dont have the patience to keep the act up for very long, but there are others on here that live just to enrage others and push their buttons. and with this thread you have showed that your buttons are obviously your feet, and your "hippy" philosophies, and people that appear closed minded about such issues. so just keep in mind that when you make threads like this you will get hated on without fail.
what, trolling an internet forum? it is! nobody makes an issue out of it except wannabe hippies who desperately need an issue to prove to everyone that they're wannabe hippies!
Oh Vermont! That is probably chock full of hippies. It is probably very barefoot friendly. You could probably even tour Ben and Jerry's barefoot. Did you see any covered bridges and cute general stores like they show in tourist ads? I always thought, cynically, that maybe they photographed them in Connecticut and called it Vermont. Also, Vermont is a poor state so there's poor people barefoot there as well. I wonder how you'd tell the difference between a poor "normal" person and a hippy if they're both barefoot? I also wonder if, when they are taking pics for tourist pics, they do that barefoot.....oh well.
Friends (probably not anchored to being identified as hippies - perhaps progressive) lived there and in Anchorage. Barefooting was just as much fun there as elsewhere!