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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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.