sakumabali wrotebecause locals don't walk, they drive scooters. And because - unfortunately always true - they don't care
I don't think it is as simple as "they don't care". My experience is that the local Balinese have a very different mindset from people like me brought up in the West (having been married to one for 12 years). We plan, evaluate and consider the long term consequences of our actions, a Balinese person doesn't. I offer my garden as a perfect example. My wife sees a space, in goes a plant. I would think about things like symmetry, what is it going to look like when it grows, will I have to prune it etc. etc. My wife doesn't, She sees a space. The space needs to be filled. Fill it. It's very frustrating but as far as I can tell, nothing can be done to change that mindset unless you have a time machine. It's ingrained from birth and immutable.
