The problem with stopping to take a picture is that thousands of people are walking on the sidewalks of these avenues, and people want to take a photo across th

The problem with stopping to take a picture is that thousands of people are walking on the sidewalks of these avenues, and people want to take a photo across the sidewalk (camera person by the street, subject by whatever shop/thing they want to pose with) and thus they try to stop everyone coming into frame. There are thousands of people trying to get places in this city, and it's not about leaving early/getting late -- people just have places to go and don't want to get stopped repeatedly. The scale of it is like stopping on the freeway to take a photo of a billboard. It holds everyone up because you put yourself above the people around you. It's rude.