05-22-2007, 02:10 PM
Quote:And yet, in my little rinky-dink town here in Missouri, I get gasps of amazement from damned near everyone I work with when they find out that I walk to work every day. It's a short 15-20 minutes and they're flat out amazed that anyone would walk "that far". "Why walk when you have a car?" There are very, very few people that I've spoken to here that don't drive everywhere; some of them don't even walk to the mailbox at the end of the driveway (and no, these aren't driveways that are a mile long either:P).
This is a story I can indeed relate to more.
It is just that many many people don't even think about not taking a car.....these are actual very irrational things that would be very interesting for psychologists.
30 % of the people in the western world are overweight, and even more people get too little excercise.
I don't think it is a question of "winning" this discussion. People should seriously think about how to change behaviour.