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Never met any Americans/westerners/etc who wear shoes in the house. They all walk barefoot.

by kiba 13y ago

ghaff 13y ago
Don't know where you live but removing shoes is uncommon practice in my experience.
- madsushi 13y ago
  Especially in rural areas, where I would say 9 out of 10 people leave their shoes on inside the house.
  - sjtrny 13y ago
    Really? Wouldn't it make even more sense to remove shoes if you live in a rural area where you are more likely to be stomping through mud.
    - po 13y ago
      really... I don't get it now but it made sense when I went to visit my family. Now that I live in Japan, I can say that it is really weird when I go back home. I usually take my shoes off and every now and then I step in a wet foot print from someone who just came inside from the rain and really wonder why it is like that.
veidr 13y ago
Yes, the overwhelming majority of Americans in the USA do wear shoes in the house. I myself did it too, until age 19 (when I moved to Japan). http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=5177409 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=5177409 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/18ekqf/as_a_canadian_do_americans_really_wear_their/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/18ekqf/as_a_canad... http://www.quora.com/Do-real-Americans-wear-shoes-indoors-as-portrayed-in-sitcom-TV-shows http://www.quora.com/Do-real-Americans-wear-shoes-indoors-as... https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011193926AA37Ox3 https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011193926A...
- slyall 13y ago
  It is actually a really strange thing. There seems to be pockets of people in various countries that either wear shoes inside or not but can't imagine doing the opposite and assumes everybody in their city/state/country is like them. Interesting point: You also never see people on TV shows and movies taking their shoes off when they go to a house but I imagine this might be mainly due to the show not wanting to break up the action.
  - pedrosorio 13y ago
    The question is: do you often see people taking their shoes off when they go to a house on Japanese TV shows and movies?
    - StavrosK 13y ago
      In Greek shows, everyone wears their shoes in the house, even though nobody in Greece actually does. We've accepted it as "one of the things they do on TV", but every Greek home has a bunch of slippers you can wear near the door.
    - veidr 13y ago
      Yes, you do. It would be weird enough not to that it would jar the suspension of disbelief.
  - bch 13y ago
    Immediately thought of Mr Rogers[0][1]. [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood#Premise http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood... [1] http://photomatt7.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/mr-rogers-was-a-great-teacher/ http://photomatt7.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/mr-rogers-was-a-g...
- craigching 13y ago
  That is amazing to me. In Minneapolis, everyone requires you to remove shoes before entering the house proper. Maybe it's the snow ... of which we are currently in the process of getting about 12" tonight :-/
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Never met any Americans/westerners/etc who wear shoes in the house. They all walk barefoot.

by kiba 13y ago

Never met any Americans/westerners/etc who wear shoes in the house. They all walk barefoot.

ghaff 13y ago

Don't know where you live but removing shoes is uncommon practice in my experience.

madsushi 13y ago
Especially in rural areas, where I would say 9 out of 10 people leave their shoes on inside the house.
- sjtrny 13y ago
  Really? Wouldn't it make even more sense to remove shoes if you live in a rural area where you are more likely to be stomping through mud.
  - po 13y ago
    really... I don't get it now but it made sense when I went to visit my family. Now that I live in Japan, I can say that it is really weird when I go back home. I usually take my shoes off and every now and then I step in a wet foot print from someone who just came inside from the rain and really wonder why it is like that.

veidr 13y ago

Yes, the overwhelming majority of Americans in the USA do wear shoes in the house. I myself did it too, until age 19 (when I moved to Japan). http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=5177409 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=5177409 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/18ekqf/as_a_canadian_do_americans_really_wear_their/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/18ekqf/as_a_canad... http://www.quora.com/Do-real-Americans-wear-shoes-indoors-as-portrayed-in-sitcom-TV-shows http://www.quora.com/Do-real-Americans-wear-shoes-indoors-as... https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011193926AA37Ox3 https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011193926A...

slyall 13y ago
It is actually a really strange thing. There seems to be pockets of people in various countries that either wear shoes inside or not but can't imagine doing the opposite and assumes everybody in their city/state/country is like them. Interesting point: You also never see people on TV shows and movies taking their shoes off when they go to a house but I imagine this might be mainly due to the show not wanting to break up the action.
- pedrosorio 13y ago
  The question is: do you often see people taking their shoes off when they go to a house on Japanese TV shows and movies?
  - StavrosK 13y ago
    In Greek shows, everyone wears their shoes in the house, even though nobody in Greece actually does. We've accepted it as "one of the things they do on TV", but every Greek home has a bunch of slippers you can wear near the door.
  - veidr 13y ago
    Yes, you do. It would be weird enough not to that it would jar the suspension of disbelief.
- bch 13y ago
  Immediately thought of Mr Rogers[0][1]. [0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood#Premise http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood... [1] http://photomatt7.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/mr-rogers-was-a-great-teacher/ http://photomatt7.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/mr-rogers-was-a-g...
craigching 13y ago
That is amazing to me. In Minneapolis, everyone requires you to remove shoes before entering the house proper. Maybe it's the snow ... of which we are currently in the process of getting about 12" tonight :-/

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