When I first started school in New Orleans, I didn’t have a car here. I still don’t have a car, but I have become that college friend nobody wants because he or she is constantly asking you for a ride here or there. While it is more convenient for me to just get rides, I decided this weekend to walk to Walgreens instead of convincing my friend Chelsea that there were plenty of things there that she needed. As I was walking I was thinking about how the sidewalks on St. Charles are. In the beginning of the school year the condition of the sidewalks frustrated me greatly. All I needed were some paper towels from the Rite Aid or Walgreens, and I would come back with those and a sore body from all the bumps and cracks I ran into while riding my bike. However, as I was walking this weekend, I realized that while the sidewalks are not the best, they are unique and have character. The trees that are causing for the terrible cracks and bumps in the sidewalks are so old and wonderful. The trees and landscape along St. Charles make it a beautiful stroll. Perhaps flawed sidewalks with huge trees growing out of them aren’t unique only to New Orleans, but they are certainly a component as to why New Orleans is charming to me. When I ride my bike or walk the sidewalks in St. Louis, I am not usually injured when I am finished, but I also don’t experience the beauty of the New Orleans’ trees.