Interesting, even though a Yankees fan wrote it. At least he used my childhood train, the D train (it's been rerouted somewhat). DC is quite walkable, but sometimes I miss NY's atmosphere of walking as a competitive sport. I disagree about the exercise. Walking multiple flights of stairs and the distances described is exactly what kept my relatives and friends' parents going into their 90s in my Brooklyn neighborhood. (That's real heartland Brooklyn, in contrast to hipsterville.)


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Phyllis ORRICK <phylliso@berkeley.edu> wrote:
This has an interesting wrinkle on the walking for health debate. The author tracked his miles covered using a phone app and found our he walked a lot, but not very far.

I live in Manhattan and walk just about everywhere I go. I walk to work, the grocery store, my son's day care, most errands, out to dinner, plus other regular and infrequent places I go. Since we (unnecessarily and counter-productively) label people by their transport modes, I am a Walker.


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