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I live in The South and have the exact opposite experience as OP. The suburbs I live in have tons of walkers and bike riders. A majority of them are middle aged

by wil421 4y ago

I live in The South and have the exact opposite experience as OP. The suburbs I live in have tons of walkers and bike riders. A majority of them are middle aged. The major city I live outside of has a huge bike/pedestrian path that used to be an old railroad. There’s also an 80+ mile bike path that goes into a neighboring state. I have a bike trailer and both my wife and I bike with the kids. The only thing I don’t see a lot in the suburbs are people picking up groceries.

galdosdi 4y ago
(1) The south is big. Really big. I am aware of neighborhoods like the one you describe, especially for those who can afford it. Glad you found a corner that works for you but I'm talking about general trends and comparing mediocre midsouth neighborhoods to mediocre northeast neighborhoods, ie the environment an average person must endure, not just what CAN be had if you have the resources and awareness to seek it out. Nevertheless, prior to moving to the midsouth i did not realize this was an amenity I needed to have on my radar, as this does not happen in the northeast (2) I'm not even talking about infrastructure. I'm talking about trying to walk anyway despite having bad walking infra, being willing to do so, trying it, and having issues due to PEOPLE and their attitudes. (3) I said mid south, not south (roughly, texas and its surrounding "client states"... Arguably maybe Missouri. US regional taxonomy is hard and somewhat subjective). It's bad enough I'm generalizing about a whole region, at the very least I want to narrow it down a little more than just "the south"