Originally Posted by
invisible
Some of us live in places where normal people can't afford to have a car (read - Singapore). But I live 6 bus stops away from my office and unless I am running late, I try to walk from home to office and back. Everyone in office considers this to be crazy.
When in S'pore, I live 5 bus stops from the office, but I wouldn't dream of walking the estimated 30-40mins in anything other than gym/exercise kit. Far easier to take 10min bus journey unless there's a jam.
OTOH, I could walk 15-20mins in a suit in Paris. Not too long ago, I walked a roundtrip of 50mins daily from lodging to school, including a handful of mornings in fairly heavy snowing conditions (Western European not North American standards)