Re:Three Hundred Walks
by rufus_foreman on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:12PM
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>> walking in a suburban area of TX is kind of a nightmare because it's scaled for cars not humans which makes walking unpleasant and sometimes dangerous
I'm more of a suburb guy, so this is sort of arguing against my position, but...
So back when software developers used to travel, like 3 years ago, I went to Texas for a conference, and I stayed at a hotel in some exurban area. Walking back from the grocery store that was maybe a quarter mile from the hotel not one but two cars stopped and people asked me if I needed a ride.
Think I'm fine, thank you!
I live in a very nice surburban walkable area. We have a very substantial freeway about a mile from us that I routinely cross; there is a bike/pedestrian footbridge that goes over on one point, and a sidewalk that goes over about a mile further south. This is totally doable so perhaps work with the city to build one.
I start each day with 4miles and then try to get to 8-10 miles a day. It's hard to do 10, but 8 is pretty routine. All in maybe 3H a day, where I do meetings, etc. and listen to audiobooks.
I live in a very walkable suburban area (not in TX), but just to the east is a freeway. I'd like to cross that freeway to access some walking trails that go along a creek, but it's just so unpleasant walking over the freeway overpass (and dangerous as drivers don't seem to be expecting people walking there even though there are walk signals) that I find I never walk in that direction anymore.