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A few.
I was in San Juan once and, walking back to my cruise ship, saw a van jump a curb, slam into a police vehicle, and then the driver hopped out and jumped off the pier into the ocean.
The first time I visited Los Angeles and saw literal garbage piled 2-3 feet high on public sidewalks. In the days after I saw the tent cities. (I'm from Kansas City, where garbage is very well managed and tent cities are a rarity.)
I once saw a very tall, dark shape in the woods getting chased by cows. It might have been Bigfoot. It might have been a bear or a deer that reared up on its hind legs. It was too far away for me to say for sure.
Your first one reminds me of something that happened awhile back. I was at a donut shop staring out the window when a scruffy dude in a pickup truck slammed into a traffic light, tipping it over across the street.
Now as it happens, said donut shop was a watering hole for police officers (yes, the stereotype is real), and about a dozen buff uniforms trotted out within seconds. The guy climbed out of the truck and tried to light a cig and it fell out of his mouth as he saw them rushing up.
LA is aggressively overrated from everything I've heard. NYC prices, ~~Kansas City~~ Indianapolis infrastructure, Manilla tidyness. The weather is nice, I guess.
Hey now, don't knock our infrastructure. KC's in good shape and we even have free public transportation.
My bad. Uuuuh... Indianapolis infrastructure, according to a quick search. Speaking of cities that get bomb reviews...
Haha, it's all good.
Having lived here for ~10 years after ditching Iowa, I hate that this is the takeaway people have. I wouldn’t live anywhere else in the US.
Which parts do you really like?
Yeah, that’s about right from my experience
Would cows chase away a threat? Genuine question because I am curious. I can't imagine it.
Cows also tend to be very curious. If you walk into a pasture and start doing something weird then most of the cows will usually run over to see what you're doing.
It could have just been a person running through the woods and the cows were running after them to see where they were going.
I honestly don't know. That's just what I saw. Maybe they were running from it.