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[arethinn]

Lately I've been taking a walk most mornings, some mornings just for the exercise (and excuse to get coffee ^_^), others because I need to drop something off at the post office which is down the street. In just a week or two of doing this, I've at least given acknowledging nods to various and sundry neighbours on almost every outing. I noticed that I've only done so while walking, because usually when you pass someone on the sidewalk when you're driving, your difference in speed is almost too great to even make eye contact. The thought occurred that perhaps all our driving everywhere in cars has something to do with the fact that so few of us know our neighbours these days? Do people who walk more places get to know more people? (It also probably has something to do with the delay in transportation one puts up with when one doesn't have a car. It's hard to talk to people at bus stops when you never ride the bus.)