I like to walk, so at least two miles each way, unless it is unsafe. My spouse and I walk many, many miles a day when we travel to a city. I will go to extremes to avoid subway, buses, and cabs, and my husband humors me because it certainly isn't a bad thing.

How far will you walk?
 

Pretty darn far..... If it's a new city, I like to walk for a couple of hours and then cab it back. most was 4 hours (Lima), but that was plain silly, on a weekend.

average is 2 hours. London and Dublin being my favorites. HK and Tokyo in the summer being the least.....

Yes, there are many factors. One trip to a trade show I decided a car was more hassle than benefit and went entirely with an airport bus + walking. That meant a couple of walks of a mile or so but I do think I made the right choice. I always wear good walking shoes (I wear a 13EEEE and even then it's problematic. A running shoe has a reasonable chance of fitting, a cross trainer occasionally will work, nothing else ever has.) and the weather was good. Previous experience had taught me parking was a hassle.

Usually 4 or 5 times a week in the winter, I walk about 15 minutes accross the bridge over a river, passing Princes Island Park, to the Eau Claire YMCA, where I swim there for an hour.

The walking is nice, and is one of the best forms of exercise.

This past year during the summer, I golfed 114 rounds, where roughly 110 rounds I walked the golf course. I lost some weight, and helped regulate my health through walking, when golfing.

I'm about the same; I'll easily walk 5-8km in an evening after work. My colleagues know what to expect if they go for dinner with me, although I will make an exception if I want to eat with certain people. When on my own I try and walk at least 2 hours in an evening, not including the walking to/from work. I walk at a very fast pace so that can cover a lot of distance.

Some of the worst places for walking though I've found over the years are India, and the US (excepting places like NYC, where walking is the norm for many)

In the US I've had colleagues drive quite literally across the road for a Starbucks.

Also notice this when I am back Stateside. Interesting that a substantial percentage of FFers I've seen at mini and megados could benefit healthwise and reduce some inches from their waists from walking a bit

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I think that the Disney parks reflect different habits. Over on the Disney discussion fora, it's perfectly acceptable for an 8 year old to ride in a stroller. In the US Disney parks, it's sometimes impossible to get around due to the plethora of strollers.

But go to an Asian Disney park, or the one here, and there are barely any strollers. I took a photo at our local Disney park in high season, outside Peter Pan (one of the busiest rides in the park), and there were two strollers.

Then again, in countries with a lot of cobblestones and more public transport, strollers are a pain. So the dependence on them is less.

The same holds true for the 'Starbucks run' sometimes. I remember being in the US and seeing a Starbucks down the road, with no way to walk there. Bill Bryson wrote a piece on this dilemma when he returned to the US after years of living in the UK and travelling in Europe ie 'I can see it but I can't walk to it'.

That is just so wrong for so many reasons, I don't even know where to begin...

When travelling my default position is to walk unless there is a compelling reason not to such as distance over 3-4 kms., weather or safety. This has occasionally frustrated colleagues who prefer a car or taxi.

A few months ago on a business trip a colleague was perplexed when I eschewed his cab and walked to the office. The city is a warren of one-way streets and rush hour traffic can be heavy. We left the hotel at the same time and I was calmly sipping my coffee when he arrived at the office. The next morning we both walked.

I walk to my bus each morning, which is a good 20 minute walk and the bus stop is about 1/3 of my way to work. I'd leave a little earlier each day and walk for the entire trip, but it's such a dreary stretch of my city that it's too depressing to do that.

It's like those guys that drive around the gym parking lot looking for as close a spot as possible.

Photoshop.

That was literally the case when my wife and I lived in West LA and worked out at the local YMCA. Other members circled the tiny parking lot looking for parking spaces. On drizzly evenings we'd look out the windows occasionally and see them lined up down the block waiting for spaces. My wife and I walked a mile each way. We considered it our warm up/cool down exercise.

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I would walk 500 miles.