Originally Posted by FORGOTMYSCREENNAME

the infrascruture here in the USA allows us to wear shoes inside our homes if we choose to do so.
Unlike alot of the underdevloped coutries in the world (you are located where?) here in the usa we have clean streets and roadways.A majority of our towns and citites have public works departments that maintain them.Motorized street cleaners and sweepers ,hired workers who pick up garabge or litter.Also amercians for the most part clean up after there pets..dog shit goes in little plastic bag wich are then dropped into trash containers specifially made for pet waste.

We can walk down the road and not step in pet (or human feces)..not worry about piles of trash and leaking garbage or raw seweage.

Even so..alot of amercians take there shoes off upon entering there house..although its is not a requirment in all homes ..it is in some..

I just got back from a local italian restaurant for lunch and walked in my house and left my shoes on without even lookig at the bottoms..why? ..because the place i dined at was very clean..the car i went in was clean and the walk between both wasnt riddled with dog shit and sweage like alot of other countries

bottom line...other than rain sleet snow or hail our street roads ,sidewalks and driveways are rather clean compared to..lets say..where you reside