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Less than 25 percent of Americans walk for more than ten minutes continuously in a typical week
(www.sciencedaily.com)
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When my wife and I visited my parents out in the country, she was adamant about us keeping up our walking routine. But there is just no place we could find to walk. The small country roads have too many logging trucks (and no sidewalk), the only place to go are hiking trails but my wife wanted to get steps in and not hike up a mountain, so it wasn't her thing and that's understandable.
In the end we just walked around the yard for an hour each day avoiding fire ants and ticks. One day we just went to a Wal Mart and walked for an hour. And we definitely got stares and remarks from our family. Seeing someone walk around is just out of this world for them, and it makes sense given the environment completelt stacked against it.
And this discussion about walking and geriatric health hits real hard because my mom is constantly depressed and sits inside all day. I try to kindly nudge her and ask if she had gone outdoors any and she always says "no". But I know that even if she wanted to go outside, there are just very limited options of places to casually walk around in. You'd have to drive 40 minutes to get to a small park where you can walk around the little league baseball field.
Just a very hostile place all around. It's sad