Why do you have to walk a mile to cross these streets?

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By Holly RichmondMay 21, 2014, 7:39 pm33 pts
Forget chickens and their unfunny reasoning behind road-crossing. The real question is, why do you have to walk so far to safely cross certain roads? In Burlington, Mass., you have to walk 1.2 miles to find a crosswalk between the Burlington Mall and the AMC cineplex, even though they’re right across the…

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