Comments on: Fat City http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexander http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/comment-page-1/#comment-5666 Alexander Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:30:43 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2363#comment-5666 I've been to Flint, in fact, I interviewed there two years ago and the city was extremely walkable. They had nice sidewalks and a very walker/biker friendly downtown. Quite honestly one the best alternative option cities I've seen. They also had a lot of people on foot, bikes, and buses which I saw for myself. The metropolitan area was filled with some of the nicest people that I've ever met, but there was also a heart-breaking level of poverty and I might even say hopelessness. To my knowledge there are few suburban chains in Flint... in fact there are almost none in that whole corridor down into Detroit. My time in Montgomery was similar. Very nice people, very high levels of poverty and low-access to quality food. The CA cities are also hard hit - by housing crisis... in fact, these cities share in common a brutal poverty... If walking and riding bikes was the issue versus car riding... wouldn't people in ghettos be in fabulous shape? I think the issue here is poverty and a climate of hopelessness. I’ve been to Flint, in fact, I interviewed there two years ago and the city was extremely walkable. They had nice sidewalks and a very walker/biker friendly downtown. Quite honestly one the best alternative option cities I’ve seen. They also had a lot of people on foot, bikes, and buses which I saw for myself. The metropolitan area was filled with some of the nicest people that I’ve ever met, but there was also a heart-breaking level of poverty and I might even say hopelessness. To my knowledge there are few suburban chains in Flint… in fact there are almost none in that whole corridor down into Detroit.

My time in Montgomery was similar. Very nice people, very high levels of poverty and low-access to quality food.

The CA cities are also hard hit – by housing crisis… in fact, these cities share in common a brutal poverty…

If walking and riding bikes was the issue versus car riding… wouldn’t people in ghettos be in fabulous shape? I think the issue here is poverty and a climate of hopelessness.

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/comment-page-1/#comment-5665 Andy Cline Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:44:55 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2363#comment-5665 Kevin... No kidding. I get that much just walking around campus. Kevin… No kidding. I get that much just walking around campus.

]]> By: Kevin Love http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 Kevin Love Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:04:24 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2363#comment-5661 What I found most shocking is that a slight majority of the USA's population reports not getting weekly exercise. Where exercise is defined as 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week. I find it hard to imagine a lifestyle that is so sedentary that 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week doesn't happen just doing normal daily life. What I found most shocking is that a slight majority of the USA’s population reports not getting weekly exercise. Where exercise is defined as 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week.

I find it hard to imagine a lifestyle that is so sedentary that 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week doesn’t happen just doing normal daily life.

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 Andy Cline Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:11:00 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2363#comment-5655 Keri... I'm thinking "Walk It Off" would make a good title for a website on this topic. Oooops, someone already did it :-) http://www.walkitoff.com/ Keri… I’m thinking “Walk It Off” would make a good title for a website on this topic. Oooops, someone already did it :-) http://www.walkitoff.com/

]]> By: Keri http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/03/fat-city/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 Keri Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:03:59 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2363#comment-5654 Part of it is placing a value on activity in general. Active transportation being a worthy outlet, for sure! Part of it is placing a value on activity in general. Active transportation being a worthy outlet, for sure!

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