Barefoot in Slummerville

Talk about taking chances. This morning I saw a grown adult walking barefoot on strip of un-suburbanized sidewalk in Somerville (aka Slummerville, to give you an idea of the non-beautification, although I suppose the sidewalks were recently redone...). He'd just passed a car wash, and must have stepped over not a few cigarette butts after passing an area where I've seen smaller mammals roaming free... I mean (sigh), I guess. It's not like there's glass strewn everywhere, but put your shoes on, please! I'm the first person to walk barefoot on a hot day, provided there are clean sidewalks, or a beach nearby... but in Cobble Hill? Really sir? Then again, I'm 80% sure this is the same guy I saw playing a brass recorder on his morning walk not long ago. You know what, keep it up. You're providing mild entertainment for my life.