[AlbertWang]

In some trades you might get buy with out shoes. Notice that he isn't a cowboy or a farmer, nor does he work as a lumberjack or in a foundry.He probably doesn't walk thru briars or thorn bushes. If you live your life mostly indoors and always stay in the city (watch out for broken glass) a shoeless lifestyle might be possible. And really dull.

[Quilla]

I grew up a few doors down from three boys who went barefoot year round (of course they had to wear shoes to school). They were hellions who ran around outside all year long. They were never sick, never caught a cold, and with their toughened feet, they could walk on broken glass unaffected. When my 84 year old mother berates me for going barefoot and warns me that I'll catch a cold, I say "remember the Dunbar kids" and we just smile.

[Conservatrix]

When I lived in Hawaii, there wer some types who went barefoot practically everywhere-- even on the buses.

HOWEVER, this caveman thing is bull crap. They wore animal skins all over themselves in winter-- including muckluck type boots. This guy is a narcissistic spolied brat. He probably lives in a warm, pleasant house with carpeting.

Bugh!

[Salamander]

I used to be able to run down my gravel lane barefoot.
[now I have to carefully walk down it]
Spent all my summers running the ridges barefoot and only put shoes back on when school started.
My dad even made a "no bare feet before May 1".
See how "stereotypes" always contain a grain of truth?....:)