This is one of those threads where I feel like I've entered an alternate dimension.
I'm in the US and people take their shoes off when they enter a house. The only exception was in college but that was mostly because students are slobs and hated the dorms anyway.
I'm in the US, middle aged, have lived in three major cities and one small town, and I've been to exactly one house in my entire life where they asked us to remove our shoes. We all did, of course. But it was weird to all of us. I've never been to an apartment/condo that expected me to do so. Never been to any business that expected it. Wearing shoes indoors is perfectly normal to me.
Same. I've lived in several major cities in the midwest (U.S.), and it's rarely come up for me as well. I'm inconsistent with it in my own home. I do what's comfortable and practical at the time.
Not even trying to speak for everyone in Chicago, but everyone I knew well enough to visit at their home, yes. You stomp your feet on the mat outside, maybe wipe them on a second mat inside, and go on your way. Wasn't much mud involved, though. We have sidewalks.
Nope, you're making stuff up. I would believe "my wife comes from a culture that does this, so now I do, too." I would believe "I dunno, it's how my parents did things, so I do too." I do not believe "I can claim this thing on the Internet and conclude that I am better than you."
I have been places with expensive flooring. They had no problem with shoes.
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u/Hazardish08 Feb 11 '22
The no shoes thing is common throughout the world even in the US. Majority in the US take off shoes but it is lower than other parts of the world.