• A_Drusas@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      If you’d ever been to West Virginia, you’d understand why it has basically no pedestrians. Rural, mountainous, no public transit, not much of anywhere worth walking to, etc.

      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4 days ago

        I get that much, but break-downs are also more common on such roads, along with the low income for that state meaning most of the cars are junk to start-with. Pedestrian deaths may be low for the reasons you’ve listed, but close to Plains-state Nebraska low? With all of those switch-backs and mountain roads?

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          I think you overestimate how populous this state is and how many people walk around. Most of the state’s population find it easier to roll around then walk and I don’t mean roll around in a car either lol. Biggest city in the state has like 50k people as a high count