Reply #72: IMO -- Suburban Life Is Fattening [View All]

I have read stats to verify this, but I'm telling ya -- when somebody I know moves out to the way-burbs, in a year or two they've invariably gained weight. Why? Too much car time.

If you live five minutes from work you are more likely to exercise and less likely to rely on fast food, than if you spend 2 hours in traffic every day. Plus these sprawling "gated communities," a lot of times you have to drive even to the market, they are on the other side of the freeway (talking about some of the "planned communities" I've seen outside of L.A. They're planned to DRIVE...everywhere!"

I think city folks and rural people are both more fit than suburbanites, and suburban communities have exploded the last decade or two.

I KNOW it's not impossible to be a fit suburbanite so don't yell at me that you're one, LOL!! I just mean it's more of a challenge if you commute and spend a lot of time driving.