The idea of a “walking distance” is apparently widely debatable depending on where you are walking on this planet. In American suburbs, driving for hours a day isn’t unheard of and there’s often no way to walk to a grocery store without stumbling along the shoulder of a highway. In walkable cities and many European countries, it’s very different, and people easily walk from place to place without even thinking about stepping foot in a car.
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We might all know this theoretically, but actually reading people’s responses to the original question from Twitter user @milkandaura is absolutely hilarious.
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“Do you guys consider 23 minutes a walking distance?” they wanted to know.
Do you guys consider 23 minutes a walking distance?
— Mal
(@milkandaura) March 28, 2022
For me, anything under an hour is walking distance unless I’m in a real hurry. But there are some places where trying to walk even 23 minutes is pretty dangerous, like, um, through the desert or in an abandoned warehouse compound. I dunno. A Twitter user named @fitzfromdublin started screenshotting the funniest responses from people who think 23 minutes is practically a hike up Mount Everest and they went viral, too.
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Eventually, the clowning turned into regular arguing and it’s given us all a lot to think about. Here’s some of the best responses.
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This is the direct result of American car dependency.
Talk to someone who lives in a city where they aren’t required to own a car to get anywhere and they will not balk at 23 minutes of walking.
— the twink with a thousand enemies
(@postingtwink) March 30, 2022
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this is a great video on its own but in addition theres a bunch of amazing resources in the description about walkability and suburbs https://t.co/TDDKjwja1E
— melato
(@melato_gelato) March 30, 2022
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*First Published: April 5, 2022, 6:54 am
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