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The damn 'burbs. Nothing to walk to, everything's been spread way too far apart. Maybe a park or neighborhood pool if you're lucky. Too much non-place taking up
by brimble 5y ago
The damn 'burbs. Nothing to walk to, everything's been spread way too far apart. Maybe a park or neighborhood pool if you're lucky. Too much non-place taking up space between places is killer. Literally, given heart disease.
- JeremyStinson 5y agoYou don't need a destination when the walk is the goal.
- JeremyNT 5y agoIf you can walk to the places you need to get to, then you don't even need to go out of your way to hit the step goal. It's a shame that we (Americans) don't build cities this way, instead requiring that we drive everywhere. It's bad for the environment as well as our health.
- NumberWangMan 5y agoI can only speak for myself but it's far easier, psychologically, for me to go out and walk somewhere when I have a goal besides just walking. While a destination is not necessary in the strictest sense, not having a reason besides exercise is a substantial barrier.
- nicbou 5y agoYeah but the walk in those environments just sucks. Loud traffic, no sidewalks, nothing to look at. When I visit Canada, I always miss walking in the woods, because the paths just don't exist. In Germany they're literally everywhere.