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The crosswalk button trick I never knew until last Tuesday
I've lived in Portland for 8 years and always smashed the crosswalk button, thinking it made the light change faster. Last week a city worker told me the button is just for accessibility noises, the light cycle is on a timer. I felt so dumb, I'd been doing it every single day. Do other cities have buttons that actually work, or is this just how it is everywhere?
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stella_murray1mo ago
Honestly, the part about smashing the button every day hit me right in the gut because I did the same thing for years. I once timed myself pressing it 15 times in a row, convinced I was hacking the system, only to realize I was just giving my thumb a workout. Tbh, we’re just out here paying respect to the crosswalk gods, whether they listen or not.
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