solientIn an attempt to avoid the total sensory overload I had to live with for three hours straight the last time I did a grocery store run on foot, I have left the house at a little after 05:30am on a totally overcast day. The infrastructure between the house and the bus stop is in no way to speak of designed for this.
Irregular asphalt sidewalk is really something else when your lighting source is radiosity off the cloud cover. Concrete sidewalk stands out readily.
Made it back; dressing to unpacked was a little under three hours. Traffic noise is still bad but the lower intensity morning light made a huge difference.
A thing that would never happen in PA or MO: three SUVs traveling three different directions all stopped and hung back to let me cross the road.
Grocery bills continue to be yikes at a glance and in line with MO prices if I factor comfort food separately. My exploration of meat substitutes isn't doing me any favors, though if the Kroger generic soy based "chicken" is as good as the name brand stuff, I'm set.
Sean Eric Fagan@solient The most Oregon thing that happened to us was: while driving back home, there was a queue of about 15 cars all stopped. Because a dog was playing in and around the street. No honks, no swearing, just patience.
(I and another driver did get out to see if we could get close to him, but he decided nah, and presumably went back home.)
@kithrup that is ADORABLE!
I've been told motorists don't honk here, and from what I've seen (and heard) so far they're much more patient and considerate than they were in PA. I can really feel the difference.
@kithrup (MO drivers in my experience varied; not as nasty as PA but a lot more big diesel trucks with fashy stickers. There's like *one* loud truck in the entire suburb here, it's a nice change of pace.)
Rajel Aran, Nostalgia Hunter@solient oh yeah, pedestrians have right-of-way in oregon, like hard. They'll absolutely stop if you're just standing at a crosswalk.
@rajelaran Wow. That's going to take some getting used to!
@solient 5 years here and I'm still not used to it lol