12 February 2013

Why don’t Americans walk more? The crisis of pedestrianism. - Slate Magazine

Why don’t Americans walk more? The crisis of pedestrianism. - Slate Magazine:
"The writer Will Self, a dedicated walker, well captured the sense that the pedestrian life is one so removed from daily consciousness that to participate in it implies some higher purpose. “Whenever I tell people I’m going to walk somewhere utilitarian—like an airport; or even a long distance walk that seems quite prosaic to me, they always ask: ‘Is it for charity?’ ”"

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