> I was consulting in Atlanta once and people thought I was insane to walk two miles to the office. Culturally in the US South, walking is viewed as having a h

> I was consulting in Atlanta once and people thought I was insane to walk two miles to the office. Culturally in the US South, walking is viewed as having a high correlation with poverty, so it's a low-class thing to do that people avoid as a signaling measure. A relation that runs for exercise visited a semi-rural area there, and people would stop their cars and offer a ride because "not being in a car" was strange.