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RE: South East Asians (and expats) do flip-flops dominate your footwear?
I have no trouble wearing shoes, but wearing shoes inside a house or a home is just disgusting, terrible! I simply can't stand the thought of having to wear shoes inside. Sitting down on a couch on which someone were sitting with shoes before me.... unacceptable! Not only because it is dirty, but who would ever want to wear shoes inside?
It is way more convenient to just walk barefoot or with socks. Maybe they are lazy to take of their shoes? That is why I wear adidas slippers most of the day when I can, because I just slip them off when I go inside, and when I walk out for a short trip, then it takes a second to put them on! :)
Shoes are only for use if I have to drive a car, go for a run, or do some serious business! :)
another good point about where I currently live is if you are wearing shoes inside the house your footsteps tend to be louder for the people living below you and that's kind of rude isn't it?
I haven't lived in the "west" for many years but I wonder if people in USA are taking their shoes off at the door these days?
I don't know what it's like in the USA, but I have some friends/family in Germany, and there some people always wear shoes inside, and the same people get furious if they visit someone else and have to take off their shoes (as that is the habit in other homes). So, I guess you will find both this and that...
Ps: The thing about it being quieter actually makes sense as well in a house with thin walls :)