The state of the sidewalks and streets right now is deplorable. It is a damn American Ninja Warrior course out there, even for an able-bodied individual, not to mention all the strange scents and dust clouds you encounter at face level along the way. Didn't a brick fall off some neglected building and critically maim some woman downtown the other week? Your usual shit-smears all along the way, too, not that the city can do much about dog doo...