Asian Culture and Modern Society
Living in San Francisco I am very aware of the culture that surrounds me. One thing that I see a lot of is the people walking the streets every day. Living in the Sunset/Richmond District, I am near a large population of the Asian community. Which brings me to today's topic. Why do a majority of the asian people not look when crossing the street, or when they do look, just walk and not take the car's position into the equation. Now, I started making note of this at least a year ago.
When I pull up to an intersection and there is a pedestrian, thye have a choice. Walk, or let me go through the intersection. 99% of every asian person, will walk. Even if I've been sitting there for 5 minutes. I've also notice that a large percentage of non-asian's will stop, assess the situation, and decide whether to walk not. Many times have non-asian's looked at me, noticed i've been waiting for pedestrians for a while, and wave me through. I have yet to experience this from some of asian decent.
Is this a cultural thing? Why can't I drive through an intersection in an asian community?
P.S. This is just my opinion and not to be taken too seriously, but I am telling the facts, those figures I posted are real and not made up, I counted. and it sucks.
When I pull up to an intersection and there is a pedestrian, thye have a choice. Walk, or let me go through the intersection. 99% of every asian person, will walk. Even if I've been sitting there for 5 minutes. I've also notice that a large percentage of non-asian's will stop, assess the situation, and decide whether to walk not. Many times have non-asian's looked at me, noticed i've been waiting for pedestrians for a while, and wave me through. I have yet to experience this from some of asian decent.
Is this a cultural thing? Why can't I drive through an intersection in an asian community?
P.S. This is just my opinion and not to be taken too seriously, but I am telling the facts, those figures I posted are real and not made up, I counted. and it sucks.