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[–] clubberlang ago 

its only 5,280ft

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[–] Wedge38 ago 

Meh, a mile isn't that far. Does depend on terrain though. Walking a mile up a slight hill is very tiring for someone compared to walking a mile across level streets.

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[–] Maxcactus ago  (edited ago)

There are over 300 million of us. We have a wide range of thoughts about every subject. Our country spans an entire continent and across an ocean so no one way of doing anything works everywhere. In a general sense Americans are wealthy enough to own and drive cars and prefer the convenience. After all cars for the masses first began here. We invented drive- in theaters and restaurants and the drive through. My public library has a drive up window for picking up,reserved materials as does my pharmacy. Strip cent enter retail is designed for people to just drive up,to a business.

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[–] dottel ago 

Yes, it is true. The average American is a lazy piece of shit.

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[–] CringingDoucheChills ago 

I live in Queens, NY. We have an amazing public transportation system. I have a bus stop 10 feet away from my front door. This makes it very easy to be lazy. However, I like to stay healthy, so I walk miles a day. Most people I know, however, would not even walk across the street to pick up their dinner and would have it delivered instead. It is true, in my experience, that most Americans would never walk a mile if they didn't have to.

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[–] IggyReilly ago 

One mile isn't far at all. I used to walk to work, 3 miles each way. That time was the best part of my workday. My town isn't very walk or bike friendly, but it's doable.

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[–] badkangaroo ago 

live in san francisco. walk about 3 miles round trip to work. that's 4 muni stops. no where near long enough a distance to justify public transport or car. on weekends walk to north beach with girlfriend, 7 miles there, have fun walk back. 1 mile isn't far at all. but im in a minority in this country.

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[–] Scruffy_Nerfherder ago 

I worked with a girl from Bosnia. She said that she would go home and everyone would marvel that she had a car. She looked at me a little frustrated saying that it was different here, you HAVE to have a car. Our cities are not made for walking. It wasn't always this way, but guess who had the money to go after the urban planners. Also, the car companies bought out the mass transit companies and slowly shut them down.

A mile is a long way, not for the distance, but because you have to doge all the cars. It isn't a cultural thing, it's by design.

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