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Originally Posted by BaCkSeAtDrIVeR

And I thought that only we Indians (and more specifically, the NH 17 in Kerala) have buildings from which you step out directly on to the road/ street / whatever.

You should see small coastal towns in Italy - scary to walk sometimes. The footpath is sometimes not even 12" wide and you have cars next to that at speeds of 60-70.