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The idea of walking is foreign to a huge number of Americans, regardless of how fat/thin they might be. Try living in the suburbs and telling someone you’re goi
by paulcole 5y ago
The idea of walking is foreign to a huge number of Americans, regardless of how fat/thin they might be. Try living in the suburbs and telling someone you’re going to walk an errand that’s 5 miles round-trip. You might as well tell them you’re going to Mars.
I grew up and lived in rural/suburban Florida (god-awful weather) and I never learned to drive. I walked everywhere (no sidewalks). People whose lives revolve around cars just can’t imagine a person walking longer than the distance from the parking lot to the front door.
Nearly everybody wishes they could drive less but nobody will actually drive less.
- aww_dang 5y agoPeople drive to the gym to run on a treadmill. I can allow for some circumstances where this makes sense, but that's not always the case.
- op00to 5y agoI don't do treadmill, but I used to run in the street and have since stopped. I mostly row now. My reasonings for treadmill vs running in the stret - Safer than running on the street (crappy streets, ignorant drivers, etc.) - I can concentrate on running, not on staying away from getting creamed by cars. - They've got TV, I could get my garbage news fix (I don't read/watch news regularly) - They've got bathrooms, running makes me shit sometimes, if I go out in the morning. Of course, I stopped going to a gym because I do have an erg at home, and I don't really want to go to a large indoor location where people are huffing and puffing right now.