Texans take fewer steps per day than Californians or New Yorkers ! (San Antonio: live in, dangerous)

[Pink90]

Not surprising

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

This is a post explicitly about walking! So how fat are you, that it seeps out of your jeans into every single internet post?

Calm down bro. I wasn't the first person to mention walkability in the thread. I'm 6'3" 210.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by mega man

Do you feel the same way about health in general?

No.

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by Aceraceae

Walkability, Good God it's overrated on the Internet.

Response of Overdog: This is a post explicitly about walking! So how fat are you, that it seeps out of your jeans into every single internet post?

Typical, rude, over-reacting, clueless, (as in makes a dumb statement without knowing what he's talking about) Progressive comment.

My take on Aceraceae's comment was that he (& I) see terms like "walkability" & "bike friendly", as a buzz words for internet rags to pronounce their favorite cities, and for local governments to spend lots of tax money (my money) on pet projects that sound nice & cuddly.... instead of on streets & police.

(& for the record, my lean & mean, tennis playing son walks one mile to school each day. Not sure what the walkability score of our neighborhood is, but he walks on sidewalks half the way, which is ok by me. His father, unfortunately..... doesn't walk to work each day & tries to not let anything "seep" out of his jeans. )

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

What about the walking people do in Malls and across parking lots? Not to mention to and from cars. I think there is more to it than just the walkability scores of Texas cities. There may be some lifestyle issues especially in the west where people may be more fitness conscience and of course outdoor activities such as hiking will add a great deal to how much you walk.

Youre going to do a lot more walking in an urban environment where you dont own a car and walk to work with the aid of public transit.

When I lived in Chicago I did own a car, but I never used it. I walked everywhere or took the train. In any city in Texas, your main mode of transit is a car. The only walking you do is from the parking lot to your building or shopping.

People on the Texas forum dont like to hear it but outside of a precious few neighborhoods in the whole state, Texas is not a walkable place. I like it that way. I dont like urban density, Im a suburb kind of guy.

Its quite easy to see people in other states take more steps than we do. Frankly, Im surprised it was even that close.

[Gunion Powder]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Texas is not a walkable place.

Again I have to disagree. I feel that what you want to say is that Texas is not a walk-friendly place, and that is pretty much true. When you say that a place is not walkable, though, you're saying that it isn't possible to walk there, which is false.

[explorer2014]

Originally Posted by mega man

Again I have to disagree. I feel that what you want to say is that Texas is not a walk-friendly place, and that is pretty much true. When you say that a place is not walkable, though, you're saying that it isn't possible to walk there, which is false.

In many places there are no sidewalks and walking would be almost impossible.

[Gunion Powder]

Originally Posted by explorer2014

In many places there are no sidewalks and walking would be almost impossible.

Not at all. Where I grew up sidewalks were practically nonexistent and I walked constantly. You just need to be in tune with your surroundings.

It takes some getting used to, but if you see it as impossible it's because you haven't really given it any effort.

[Midessan]

Originally Posted by explorer2014

In many places there are no sidewalks and walking would be almost impossible.

You can walk without sidewalks. Easily. In fact, I would say that the best walking is done in rural areas and is commonly called hiking.

[explorer2014]

Originally Posted by Midessan

You can walk without sidewalks. Easily. In fact, I would say that the best walking is done in rural areas and is commonly called hiking.

Well that's fairly obvious but at this point I thought we were talking about walkability in city areas.