Maybe it’s because I’m inner-city but I find it so intimidating.

  • I’m at waist height to everyone else so I can’t see at a distance in case things get hairy

  • large crowds kinda subconsciously behave like fluid dynamics, ebbing and flowing around obstructions and fast and then slow etc, and I’m a rock blocking the stream

  • I try to stick to the curbs in case I need to leave but inevitably get smushed into the main flow and it’s hard to move diagonally against the grain back to the curb

  • kase@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’ve never been to one, but my only thought is it might help if you could go with one or more friends? I don’t really have any friends rn so I get that this isn’t a good solution for everyone lol.

    Anyway, that’s usually what helps me in crowds, having a buffer between me and other people and/or someone to help me steer if needed.

    At least, my sister is pretty good at it. I gotta keep an eye out if she’s pushing me tho, cause she always underestimates how close my feet/front wheels are to the people (or walls) in front of me xD

    • Knitwear@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      7 months ago

      That makes absolute sense. It really does. However for me personally (every wheeler’s mileage may vary etc) if I stop doing things because They’re Scary and Inconvenient Now Because Of The Chair then my life would rapidly get smaller and smaller than it already has.

      And your concerns are entirely valid. Both sides are true, I think.