• Hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    Bill Bryson wrote of this upon his return to the US from the UK where he used to walk lots of places. How his wife’s friend drive 2.5miles to a heath club to walk 5miles on a walking machine, then drove 2.5 miles home.

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      5 days ago

      Its probably a more enjoyable walk in the gym than walking to the gym because walking along stroads suck. They are loud, the air is polluted, there is a sense you need to be constantly alert, and all those factors passively stress humans out.