Through observation I have formulated a hypothesis, but I’d like to collect more data. So…
a. what is your gender?
b. what is your average shoe size? (to avoid ranges like 8 in some shoes, 9 in others.)
c. how tall are you?
My own answers are a. female b. 7.5 c. almost 5’4"
Gotta love it when people do the exact thing the OP tells them not to.
Anyways:
Male
6’1"
13, though I admit to usually having tight shoes. 13 seems to be the demarcation between standard and “extra” sizes. Stores will typically have most shoes in a size 13, but rarely in anything bigger.
Don’t I fucking know it. Ironically, the last time I found shoes in my size where I actually had a choice as to the style was in Puerto Rico which based on my short stay there, does not seem biased towards the larger-feeted segments of society.