I mean, it’s an hour’s walk for the average person.
And that’s assuming safe neighborhoods, actual sidewalks, good street lighting (if at night), pleasant weather etc.
Not to mention shoes that are actually comfortable for long walks. You’d be surprised how many people don’t have that kind of shoes, and an hour’s walk in their regular shoes would give them blisters.
That’s an hour walk- one way- for the the “average” person.
Throw in climate hazards- winter that walk is happening in -10f temperatures, probably with wind blasting enough to be deadly.
In summer, we typically have temperatures reaching 98-101 f for about a week with muggy-as-hell 80’s for several months. Also enough to be deadly.
Further, let’s say hypothetically, that’s a grocery run. Frozen goods out for that long pose a food safety risk.unless your lugging an ice packed cooler or something… which kinda sounds like my personal version of hell… that’s also likely to, you know, be deleterious to one’s health.
(Okay so maybe you luck out and just get the squirts.)
2.9 miles isn’t even far. You could just walk.
I mean, it’s an hour’s walk for the average person.
And that’s assuming safe neighborhoods, actual sidewalks, good street lighting (if at night), pleasant weather etc.
Not to mention shoes that are actually comfortable for long walks. You’d be surprised how many people don’t have that kind of shoes, and an hour’s walk in their regular shoes would give them blisters.
Yep. I’ve walked 13 miles and I’ve taking cabs less than a mile. It’s highly dependent on multiple variables. Cost is one of those variables.
Only if fully able-bodied and there’s safe footpath present, but yeah, more of us should just walk.
That’s an hour walk- one way- for the the “average” person.
Throw in climate hazards- winter that walk is happening in -10f temperatures, probably with wind blasting enough to be deadly.
In summer, we typically have temperatures reaching 98-101 f for about a week with muggy-as-hell 80’s for several months. Also enough to be deadly.
Further, let’s say hypothetically, that’s a grocery run. Frozen goods out for that long pose a food safety risk.unless your lugging an ice packed cooler or something… which kinda sounds like my personal version of hell… that’s also likely to, you know, be deleterious to one’s health.
(Okay so maybe you luck out and just get the squirts.)
People who can’t walk usually can’t drive either. Stop with this irrelevant “able body” argument.
Yep, have walked such distances semi regularly