whichSideOfTheRoadEffect

the way from the department of economics to my home was a long and crowded one. people from every discipline has to walk through and turn left at the end of the road. the two side of the road is full of pedestrians. since there is a left turn at the end of the road, although the pavement on right-hand-side is much more comfortable to walk, i prefer to walk on the left. today i realized that no English people are using that side. it does not really matter which side of the road you are walking in terms of distance but there is only two determinants on the preference. first is the side in which you are going to turn to at the end of the road. for this you are crossing to the other side as you start the road. the other is to walk in a road which is more comfortable less muddy wider etc... for this you will keep on the right-hand-side through the road and cross the road at the end to turn left, which is the only chance to continue.

what i realise is that people from west always use right, and people from east use the left. this observation complies with my other theories among Westerns and easterners ideologies:

for westerns they are more likely to chose the road which is more comfortable, physically, reasonable choice isn't it?

for easterners they require something more than physical comfort. they prefer to walk through a muddy unbalanced and narrow road just because they feel mentally comfortable for having crossed to the side of the road which they will eventually have to cross.

so which side of the road are you in?
mental comfort?
physical comfort?