sum1 wrote:
(Diverd4777) wrote in message
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Hoping no one ever has to walk home again..
Interesting you should say that. In this week's news:
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Sprawling suburbs that make it harder for people to get around without
a car may help fuel obesity: Americans who live in the most sprawling
counties tend to weigh 6 more pounds than their counterparts in the
most compact areas.
I live out in the country (well semi-country) and walking is not an
option because the roads are narrow and the drivers crazy. I have to
drive 15 miles one way to go to a health club to walk on a treadmill.
(I'm on the Atkins diet. My grandfather lost his legs to diabetes and is
losing his hands, and I don't want to go there.)
Adding to the sprawl concern: Pedestrians and bicyclists are much more
likely to be killed by passing cars here than in parts of Europe where
cities are engineered to encourage physical activity — and whose
residents typically are skinnier and live longer than the average
American.
Yep, even downtown drivers will swerve dramatically to avoid a bicyclist
in the bike lane.
Those are conclusions of major new studies being published Thursday
that call on urban planners and zoning commissions to consider public
health in designing neighborhoods.
Too late. Most of America is built around cars, making us vulnerable to
an Islamist revolution in Saudi Arabia where all our oil comes from.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...althy_sprawl_2