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Why not? You can walk plenty in the cold with the right equipment. I walked 2+ km a day at the south pole ...
by cozzyd 1y ago
Why not? You can walk plenty in the cold with the right equipment. I walked 2+ km a day at the south pole ...
- 999900000999 1y agoIt's really dangerous if you don't know what your doing. I'm about .5 km from the closest supermarket. If it's snowing or just cold out I'm still ordering food. If I'm mildly sick, ordering food. I'm going to guess that you're a really good shape that a 2 km walk isn't a big deal, but I don't think most Americans can do that.
- xyzzy123 1y agoOne way (not the only way and I get this won't work well for people with medical needs or kids) to handle this is stock up on rice, beans, nonperishables and have a good first aid kit. You go out to get your "freshies" but it's not an issue to be stuck at home for a week except in the most dire circumstances.
- coolcase 1y ago> I'm going to guess that you're a really good shape that a 2 km walk isn't a big deal, but I don't think most Americans can do that. Shit that's horrifying. I have health issues and walking 2km a day to try to help fix. So I see 2km a day as basic. 6-10km run a day would be "fit" IMO. things as humans are designed to walk. Living in suburbia means I have to walk "for the sake of it" although I cam make it useful e.g. get some milk! As for cold. Anything above minus 5 should be OK just wear stuff like skiiers wear which can be got cheap off brand.
- 999900000999 1y ago77% percent of young Americans aren't fit for service. 2 km of walking in a day, even in great weather is exceptional for me. I probably average 1km or less. And I'm not a car owner. My family members will literally hop in a car and drive 30 minutes over walking .5 km to the grocery store. They like the other one more they say.
- bcraven 1y agoThis is just utterly astonishing to me. I've just checked a map and it's ~0.5 km between where I park at work and my office!
- 999900000999 1y agoYour going to have to walk both ways, in the rain/snow, etc ? Like a lot of comments have already mentioned these towns don't even have sidewalks. You'll be walking on the side of the street risking an accident
- esrauch 1y agoAre you sure you mean .5km? That's only 0.3 miles, 1500 feet. That is the distance if you drive to a Walmart supercenter and park in the center of the parking lot and walk to the door.
- harvey9 1y agoI am 50 years old and don't think I'd pass fit for service either, but I can still easily walk a few Kms.
- sarchertech 1y agoThe average American walks 2.4 miles per day per the CDC.
- Aeolun 1y ago0.5km is like, 6 minutes of walking? How? It just doesn’t compute to me that someone would ever see that as onerous.
- cozzyd 1y agoSurely you walk that much inside any reasonably sized grocery store.
- npodbielski 1y agoIn IKEA you probably walk around about 1km for just one visit considering how they design their space.
- cozzyd 1y agoHuh? I'm not in great shape but I get 2km of walking a day just with my commute. According to my watch I've averaged 13k steps a day this week (something like 9-10 km a day, I think?). Ironically the days I walk the least are when I decide to bike to work instead of taking the train...
- xboxnolifes 1y ago> I'm going to guess that you're a really good shape that a 2 km walk isn't a big deal, but I don't think most Americans can do that. Most Americans would be able to do it if it became a regular occurrence for them. 2km of walking is not much even if you sit around 24 hours a day.
- npodbielski 1y agoI am sitting in front of PC probably around 10hours a day and drink and sit rest of my day (excluding sleep) and still it is not a big deal for me to have a 7km walk to the city or back is not a big deal. I think in US it just cultural. "You are walking?! With your feet?! How?!". Unless you more likely to get shot walking via some neighbourhood I can't understand that.
- Lionga 1y agoYou need to be in good shape to fucking walk 2km? WTF is wrong with people in murica? Well is guess they are just ordering fast food all day
- npodbielski 1y ago500 hundred metres? This is long for you? If there is snow you can't walk? Why? Snow is much beteer than rain. And still it is just a couple of minutes. You most probably would not get wet with proper clothes. Are you from US by the chance?
- sarchertech 1y agoThe average American walks 2.4 miles per day according to the CDC, this person is truly exceptional even among people the most car centric American towns. You’ll walk more than 500m through the aisles in Walmart buying your groceries.
- rsynnott 1y ago> I'm going to guess that you're a really good shape that a 2 km walk isn't a big deal, but I don't think most Americans can do that. ... Wait, what? That's less than half an hour walking at a fairly relaxed pace.
- tshaddox 1y ago47 people died in a blizzard in Buffalo, New York in 2022.
- andriamanitra 1y ago..in what National Weather Service described as "once-in-a-generation storm". Walking 2 km on a normal winter day (or even a mild blizzard) is not dangerous.
- cozzyd 1y agoAnd to be clear, driving in a blizzard is very dangerous too. But blizzards happen a minority of the time.
- mattnewton 1y agoThere are no sidewalks, so you are walking in a street in the snow asking to become a statistic.
- sumeno 1y agoWhat are you buying this equipment with in this scenario?
- cozzyd 1y agoRight, I mean obviously the scenario in the article is unrealistic budget wise (and good winter equipment is going to be at least several hundred dollars), but I'm pushing back against the idea you can't walk when it's cold ...