Archived I've heard that Americans think a mile is a long way to walk. Is that true? (AskVoat)
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Archived I've heard that Americans think a mile is a long way to walk. Is that true? (AskVoat)
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[–] Antima 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
You have to remember that America has a lot of rural areas. Not every town or city was designed for walking. Just an example the town I live in only has sidewalks on main street. Couple this with bad weather like snow and ice and walking in the road is bad for pedestrians and drivers. Also consider that most places I need to go are much more than a mile away. If I'm going down the street to a friends house I could walk but there is very little to find in that mile radius near my house. It is very different in the cities at least on the east coast where the cities weren't built around cars. Most people walk everywhere in the city.