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GKnives t1_jak5idr wrote

walkable towns and cities would help a lot, I imagine

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HerrHoopla t1_jam4ijh wrote

Working on it!

Am a planner.

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GKnives t1_jam59yl wrote

Aiming for a certain area?

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HerrHoopla t1_jam61c8 wrote

I work for a certain municipality in NH, so that is my concentration at the moment.

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sje46 t1_jam7mqj wrote

Seems like there's a societal trend to making cities and towns more walkable. I'm excited for the future if that's so.

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reddituser6213 t1_janigb9 wrote

Are you able to make places that cater more to the young adult population? Like other cities have special gymnastics places and trampoline parks and stuff like that but the demographic is for older people. Here, all those places are only for little kids I’ve noticed but I’m 23 and I want to go to those too

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HerrHoopla t1_jaqsni4 wrote

Not directly. Municipalities can zone for, even incentivize with tax breaks the sort of amenities you are talking about, but it would take a private developer to build it. Unless of course it was a municipal project, but then the tax payers would foot the bill. You think NH's aging population would want to pay for a trampoline park? Throw in a shuffleboard court and you might have a chance...

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nowhereman1223 t1_jantter wrote

The problem with a lot of these ideas is they take money.

NH has none.

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smartest_kobold t1_jam5shf wrote

Using your legs is communism. Only by burning fossil fuels can you truly live free.

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mmirate t1_jam7pdu wrote

Burning fossil fuels is no excuse to not also take some time to use your legs (and arms etc). u/GKnives, have you ever heard of this thing called "personal responsibility"?

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smartest_kobold t1_jameyu1 wrote

What if you could get exercise AND transport yourself simultaneously?

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mmirate t1_jamf6in wrote

Sure it's valuable, but not valuable enough to outweigh the inherent unprofitability of working in the same town I live in; nor to outweigh "my fair share" of the costs of changing things to work that way.

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smartest_kobold t1_jamgmuc wrote

You should actually do the math on that. Once you count driving time as a health and financial liability, those numbers are going to add up fast.

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Kylenarkum t1_jamp3g2 wrote

Or get this, go enjoy some nature. Go for a fuckin hike and get some fresh air

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GKnives t1_jay3m24 wrote

Spending free time walking will definitely do the trick on a broad scale, long term

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pahnzoh t1_jamlx5e wrote

Doing actual physical resistance training or cardio where you maintain an elevated heart rate is what matters. And diet.

Creating walkable cities is not the problem.

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ILeftMyBurnerOn t1_jamnu5h wrote

Not sure how you got "non-walkable towns and cities are the root cause of this issue" from a suggestion that more walkable places would be a part of the solution.

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pahnzoh t1_jamrgdf wrote

Says help a lot.

Not true. Just leftist fantasy.

Stop eating your trash diet and hit the gym. You can walk or run on country roads.

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ILeftMyBurnerOn t1_jan0mcv wrote

Lol wtf did i just read

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pahnzoh t1_jan1udp wrote

The truth.

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