I visited family in a suburb in the midwest a few months ago after a long time away and living in the Bay Area. My mind wiped just how bad most suburbs are for

I visited family in a suburb in the midwest a few months ago after a long time away and living in the Bay Area. My mind wiped just how bad most suburbs are for walking. There were parks with zero sidewalks near the street. People looked at me like I was up to something by walking towards the downtown area on one of the remaining sidewalks. Almost nobody was just walking. Oversized trucks everywhere and zero walking. America can be a waking nightmare. It feels so unnatural.