I can't help but feel like this is overthinking the reasons behind the actions. Human beings need variety in their life, fresh stimulus. Walking to the store ta

I can't help but feel like this is overthinking the reasons behind the actions. Human beings need variety in their life, fresh stimulus. Walking to the store taking different paths every now and then is a great way to do this. If anything, I think it would be more useful to measure undesirable streets — places people avoid on purpose. In my personal opinion, those would be ones by busy roadways, bad infrastructure etc. As shown by car-free regions in Madrid and other cities, people like being out and about even in the city, so long as it isn't made too uncomfortable by the man-made nuisances.