To the left, to the left...

I was all determined to teach myself to walk to the left side. My thought: If they drive on the other side of the road, they probably walk on the other side of the road. WRONG. It's just clusterfuck on the sidewalk. You zig, then zag, elbow, and knock down the elderly to get a walking lane. I've concluded that the reason walking 'to the left' doesn't work is because downtown is a melting pot of cultures, some of which drive on the left, some that drive on the right, and the remainder are people that disregard any logic or orderliness and just drive where ever there is space.