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In the Pacific Northwest... the college and high school kids wear the flip flops but the adults wear Teva-like waterproof sandals... the ones that stay on your feet. Rafters is another brand... Chaco's are common... and Merrell are making some now... Reef and Keen are other popular brands.
Dirty feet are gross and unsanitary. If you're wearing those flimsy little flip flops around town, or even those thong sandals - you have dirty feet even if they look polished and tan or whatever. I see guys spit on the ground all the time, and then people walk over it with nothing but flimsy flip flops... you've got animal waste/urine bird poo and human spit and pesticide residue and who knows what else all over your feet. Gross. Then you walk into your home or car or wherever and you bring that stuff in with you. Do you wash your feet before you get into bed or walk around your living room or sit around on your furniture? We all should. It's kind of gross when you really stop to think about it.
We have a shoes off at the door rule, but still I'm sure we track some of that outside yuck in.
You might not be able to see it, but it's all there. Of course - anybody who wears flip flops - run a baby wipe over your feet after a day of walking around in them... you'll see what I'm talking about.
I'm from NJ and I'd say flip flops are big with younger people (25 and younger). I rarely, if ever, see older people than that wearing them. On my college campus, they are HUGE. Like Miamiman said, they are mostly worn in the summer, but they are worn during warm spring/fall days too. I have also seen a few idiots wearing them during the winter as well.
I don't mind flip flops. But I do mind Crocs! They are the ugliest shoes I've ever seen!
I live in New York- I see people of all ages wearing them- even men. I think they will always be stylish- and you can get them in trillions of colours. I <3 my flipflops til I die!
In the Pacific Northwest... the college and high school kids wear the flip flops but the adults wear Teva-like waterproof sandals... the ones that stay on your feet. Rafters is another brand... Chaco's are common... and Merrell are making some now... Reef and Keen are other popular brands.
Dirty feet are gross and unsanitary. If you're wearing those flimsy little flip flops around town, or even those thong sandals - you have dirty feet even if they look polished and tan or whatever. I see guys spit on the ground all the time, and then people walk over it with nothing but flimsy flip flops... you've got animal waste/urine bird poo and human spit and pesticide residue and who knows what else all over your feet. Gross. Then you walk into your home or car or wherever and you bring that stuff in with you. Do you wash your feet before you get into bed or walk around your living room or sit around on your furniture? We all should. It's kind of gross when you really stop to think about it.
We have a shoes off at the door rule, but still I'm sure we track some of that outside yuck in.
You might not be able to see it, but it's all there. Of course - anybody who wears flip flops - run a baby wipe over your feet after a day of walking around in them... you'll see what I'm talking about.
tevas are out like yesterday's garbage....ummm, tevas were popular in 1992...maybe.
People around here really, REALLY like flip-flops. Sometimes it's all I can do to hear someone speaking, over the "thwackaTHWACKAthwacka" of people walking down the street. It's like a constant ping-pong game.
In Hawaii, they let children wear them to school! I had never heard of such. always made my kids wear close toes shoes with socks to school, safety reasons for the playground and stuff. Then I went to the their school, ALL the kids were wearing them, and the teachers too! I loosened up a bit, ,still think its weird.
They also call them slippers here, as in "rubbah slippahs"
In Hawaii
Kids have worn flip flops to school even when I was wee lil lass and that was a long time ago. I don't understand why you find that so weird.
Flip Flops being used more than for the feet
Queen of the desert on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/morgspace/413300943/ - broken link)
Those aren't flip flops. They're called thongs.
That's a pic from Priscilla Queen of the Desert, an Aussie story.
Here we all wear thongs, actually I live in thongs and can't stand when the winter comes and I have to wear shoes. If I could get away with being barefoot I would, but I have all kinds of thongs, fancy ones as well as casual ones and I wear them 7 or 8 months of the year.
Dirty feet are gross and unsanitary. If you're wearing those flimsy little flip flops around town, or even those thong sandals - you have dirty feet even if they look polished and tan or whatever. I see guys spit on the ground all the time, and then people walk over it with nothing but flimsy flip flops... you've got animal waste/urine bird poo and human spit and pesticide residue and who knows what else all over your feet. Gross. Then you walk into your home or car or wherever and you bring that stuff in with you. Do you wash your feet before you get into bed or walk around your living room or sit around on your furniture? We all should. It's kind of gross when you really stop to think about it.
Ok, you made me laugh! Are you really that paranoid about dirt??? I thought I was bad. Your feet aren't going to get any dirtier with flip flops than they would with sandels and even morepeople wear sandels!
I live in SC and people wear flipflops if the weather is warm enough. Young, old and in between. They are cool, comfortable, and my feet stay about as clean as they would in any other shoe!
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Flip flops are worn here. No problem.
