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Is walking played out? I remember when I was a kid, I used to walk pretty much everywhere I would want to go. The neighborhood ice cream place, the playground, my friend Dominick's house (who had Colecovision and the Castle Greyskull playset!).

Nowadays, I find myself driving more. To go food shopping, run errands, go to other states, etc.

I think I'm going to make an effort to walk more.

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Let's start a walking forum. We just need to find a sponsor.

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yes, walking is played out

the bicycle continues to be the most efficient mode of travel.

there's also nothing more fun than being 12 and riding around on your bike with 10+ friends looking for something to do...

other than having sex at 12...but it's hard to get a chick to hop on your pegs and come back to your treehouse [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I walk some, but I live in an awesome neighborhood for that. I live in an apartment building in a Central Business District for a suburb with 40k people.

The likely reason why you drive more is that you live in a neighborhood where there is nowhere close to walk to. This is one of the things about modern society that piss me off: developers putting 300 homes in and no stores within walking distance. You walked more when you were a child because you lived in a neighborhood where there was stuff to walk to.

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I live in the best walking neighboorhood ever, there is no less than 5 bars, 10 restaurants, a major grocerystore, 3-4 italian specialty grocery shops, within 5-6 streets (not even a real city block). I walk if its for that stuff, otherwise it wouldnt be worth it.

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I walk all the time. I have to walk 1/2 a mile to the metro in the morning for work. All the bars I go to, when I stay in town and not go into DC are walking distance. I eat very unhealthy take out/fast food 5 nights a week, which are all walking distance from my apt. My car leaves its parking spot 1-2 times a week, tops.

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even in the strip mall, apartment complex life of southern silicon valley, walking is pretty chill.

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Sam, walking is silly and inefficient. Skipping is where it's at.

http://www.iskip.com/carl_and_sara_skipping.jpg

Swede

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Walking is so last millenium. We now have something called "the wheel", you might want to look into that.

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samj,

Move to SF or NYC. Walking rules in both places.

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I normally like walking, but when I walk around Los Angeles I have to walk with a mean strut so gangsters don't front on me.

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Like guids, I live in a great walking neighborhood and love to walk. I kind of dislike big cities in general but having everything in walking distance is probably my favorite thing about them.

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btw all the cool kids these days Parkour.

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Diablo,

The fact that this thread was moved from Automobiles to OOT obviously demonstrates the need for an Other Transportation forum.

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Nowadays, I find myself driving more, to [...] go to other states, etc

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Really? Yeah I guess that comes with getting older.. you get lazy and start to do everything by car.

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Diablo,

The fact that this thread was moved from Automobiles to OOT obviously demonstrates the need for an Other Transportation forum.

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I'd rather have a second Automobile forum that discusses automobiles in a sane, civilized, content-rich fashion.

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I think "Freestyle Walking" on MTV (several years back) more or less ruined all credibility walking still maintained.

Think about who you see walking these days:
1)People who 'want to exercise' but don't want to jog. I admire joggers/runners. I'm annoyed by walkers.
2)The Homeless
3)People w/ DWI's (though many of them have upgraded to biking)
4)Young teenagers who want to be out, but aren't old enough to drive.

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Well as long as you aren't using those motorized carts when you shop at walmart I think you are fine.

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Is walking played out? I remember when I was a kid, I used to walk pretty much everywhere I would want to go. The neighborhood ice cream place, the playground, my friend Dominick's house (who had Colecovision and the Castle Greyskull playset!).

Nowadays, I find myself driving more. To go food shopping, run errands, go to other states, etc.

I think I'm going to make an effort to walk more.

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pretty much anything passes for a thread nowadays huh? probably in a few days there will be a "walking trip report" thread. "today i went for a walk. it was my first walk in 3 weeks and it felt pretty good, i recommend you guys try it out and then maybe continue doing it a couple times a week regularly." bunch of fools you all are.

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Yea A lot less people walk nowadays. And a lot less people fit into airplane seats.

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I just moved so I could walk to the downtown area to go to restaurants, bars and see music. I hated having to drive to do anything. I also have 2 dogs that I take for a 30 minute walk in the afternoon each day. Walking is where its at. Biggest thing I miss since leaving NYC.

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Is walking played out? I remember when I was a kid, I used to walk pretty much everywhere I would want to go. The neighborhood ice cream place, the playground, my friend Dominick's house (who had Colecovision and the Castle Greyskull playset!).

Nowadays, I find myself driving more. To go food shopping, run errands, go to other states, etc.

I think I'm going to make an effort to walk more.

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pretty much anything passes for a thread nowadays huh? probably in a few days there will be a "walking trip report" thread. "today i went for a walk. it was my first walk in 3 weeks and it felt pretty good, i recommend you guys try it out and then maybe continue doing it a couple times a week regularly." bunch of fools you all are.

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hopefully by then we'll have the OOTrans forum.

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People are lazy as [censored] these days. Amazes me how long people will wait for a parking spot near the mall entrance rather then walk a min or so.

I have a car and if it's a 20 or so minute walk I'll glady do it unless I'm in a rush or it's too hot and sunny outside.

If I'm in a beautiful city I feel like I can wander around forever.