When I traveled for the first time to the US ca. 1997 (from France) I decided to go for a walk. A police car stopped to ask me what was going on. They were sur

When I traveled for the first time to the US ca. 1997 (from France) I decided to go for a walk. A police car stopped to ask me what was going on. They were surprised I went for a walk (despite the fact that there was a sidewalk, although empty). It was a semi industrial (company buildings), semi hotel, semi mall, semi houses kind of place. And, suddenly, the pavement stopped without any reason.