http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...alth_sprawl_dc

Yeah for cities!

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Makes you 4 years older as well it says. Of course walking to bars and restaraunts every night can't be that great for your health but at least I'm walking and not sitting at home listening to the kids scream while I try to watch three's company.
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They've been releasing similar studies (unless it's all the same one being reporter over and over) for at least the last couple years.

Don't know why studies are necessary to figure out that suburban residents who don't put in a quite a few hours at the gym every week (as well as urban residents who insist on living like they're in the 'burbs) will get fat and lazy.

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I wonder why they don't mention Philadelphia. We live close together and walk everywhere. Why i'm about to walk 2 blocks to the food cart right now to get a steak...

I think Philadelphia is a great place to walk...one time we walked from Center City to Old City and back, and we passed by many historical sites and restaurants that otherwise we would have missed.

But...the city limits of Philadelphia as I understand it is still pretty wide spread. Chestnut Hill is considered part of Philadelphia...and I for sure cannot walk from Center City to Chestnut Hill.

But it would be possible, given the time, the energy and some type of incentive. That's what walkability is all about. I once walked from the Boston Market on Snyder to BSL Race-Vine, just for the heck of it and only took the subway from there because things get kind of boring on Broad north of Vine.

The STPP did a study in 2002 that gave the Philadelphia metro pretty high marks (yes, that's kind of sad, given the sprawl areas in places like Montco and Bucks). IIRC, the Pittsburgh and Boston areas were the top two, followed by brooke's hometown.

http://transact.org/report.asp?id=202

Edit: just took the time to actually look at the report and the top 3 are Cinci, Boston and NYC, in that order. The ones I mentioned before are from the previous report (1999?). Both Philly and Pitt lost ground between '99 and '02.

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also, it's easy to walk around in chestnut hill, many new "towns" i t is not. you can also keep on walking to Mt. Airy, Germantown, or even over to Roxborough and through the park.

Yeah, back in the day (pre-kid), we walked to Tavern on Green from our home in Roxborough...

I used to regularly walk from 3d/Arch to Temple and to my friend's apartment at 2601 Pennsylvania.

That is one of the things I love about Philly. You can easily walk from neighborhood to neighborhood.

You just notice so much more when you walk as opposed to driving... You find lively bars, cute cafes, yummy restaurants and tiny parks tucked behind gates. You witness couples walking together and families interacting. You can hear the sounds of children's laughter, gossip on the stoop and ice cream truck music. You see architectural details that you didn't even notice before, like stained glass windows and little gargoyles on buildings. You actually know what the weather is like because you feel it, not just hear what it's supposed to be like. In a car, you breeze by things. I think that's what is making us such an isolated "me" society these days. We don't pay attention to our neighbors and all the things that make life so interesting. We're in such a hurry to get to the next traffic light.

Well said. :great_po:

Excellent! I couldn't have said it better myself. Walking is by far one of the best things about living in the city. So much to see, smell, and do!

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