Spanish person in the United States: "What's the problem here with the crosswalks?"

A young Spanish woman in California expressed on TikTok her confusion and frustration at the apparent lack of crosswalks, a common feature in many cities in the United States.

In her video, the girl describes her experience with pedestrian crossings, or rather, the lack of them, and how this impacts her daily life.

"Another thing that I don't understand about this country, which I believe I will never understand, is what problem they have here with crosswalks," the young woman begins her story. "There are hardly any, I mean, they exist, but maybe you have to walk like, I don't know, half a kilometer to cross," she added.

According to his testimony, sometimes he has to walk long distances to find a safe crossing. "Imagine, okay, I live here, my friend lives in that house over there. I have to walk a long way to find the crosswalk," he exemplified.

"I have to risk my life almost every day to cross the regular road," she lamented, something that, according to her, could be easily solved by painting more pedestrian crossings on the ground.

The reactions to his video on TikTok were immediate, sparking a heated debate among users: "I also have to cross the street because the crosswalks are too far away"; "In Europe, it's so easy to cross the street, here it seems like everything is only designed for cars," some expressed.

"They should put more pedestrian crossings in neighborhoods to make it safer to cross," reads among some of the suggestions left in the comments. "Perhaps more luminous signs or pedestrian bridges could help without changing the entire infrastructure."

Other users, however, defended the current infrastructure and pointed out that pedestrian crossings are designed to maintain traffic flow. "In areas with heavy traffic, pedestrian crossings cannot be placed everywhere because it would cause traffic jams"; "It's not that hard to get used to, you just have to walk a little longer," they pointed out.

Finally, some considered the young woman's complaint to be exaggerated. "It's a matter of adapting. Here, the cities are designed for cars and that's not going to change overnight."