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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Chicago and walk a ton, but am skeptical of the brits posting they walk 4+miles each way to work.  Who has time for an hour + walking commute when it could 8min instead?  Assuming they have families they need to get home to, dinner to make etc.  [/quote]

As a Brit I’m skeptical too. Plus it is not making us any skinnier all these supposed miles. The UK is getting fatter by the day. Maybe they mean 4k, but nobody there is walking 4 miles. If they don’t have a car (which is uncommon outside of London) then they are taking public transport. [/quote]

Disagree. I am sure the average person walks significantly more in the UK. Car ownership is 25 percent lower. Public transport is much better. Walking to the bus or train station can be a significant amount compared to waddling down to the garage. There is nowhere in the UK that is as unfriendly to pedestrians as most of the US. And partly as a consequence, the US obesity rate is 42 percent vs 28 percent in the UK.[/quote]

Well be skeptical. I’m
Back there AT LEAST 4xs a year and have a house in North Devon and stay at my moms flat where I grew up in London.

You Americans have really funny ideals about what goes on in Europe and the UK in general. The suburbs in England are exploding and people are actually quite fat and out of shape. It’s getting worse every single year. The NHS is totally flooded and overwhelmed with the sick population. Ozempic and such drugs are in crazy demand. Lots and lots of processed food in the UK as well. What I love about the US is the incredible access to year round fresh foods.

You probably are better off comparing France or the Netherlands.

And yes people have less cars in the UK than the US. Do you have any awareness of the affluence in the US as compared to the UK? What we consider “poor” here is pretty normal in the UK. It’s not all what you see in tv or read in your Paddington Bear story books. [/quote]

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