He’s taking the piss. The hyperbole being “why won’t the homeowners take it upon themselves to pull their children up by their bootstraps and build sidewalks to the school” in the sense that America is a hellscape car centrism and over self reliance.
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You expect the city to build roads, so why the home owner to build sidewalks?
Well sure, but the city won’t build sidewalks either.
Why would homeowners have to build sidewalks? Why don’t the housing developers do it? Thats how it works in the UK for new estates
He’s taking the piss. The hyperbole being “why won’t the homeowners take it upon themselves to pull their children up by their bootstraps and build sidewalks to the school” in the sense that America is a hellscape car centrism and over self reliance.