Coming to T-town, I have struggled with sidewalk while I am jogging.
There are no signals and roads for walker around campus, so people sould feel scare to some coming trucks, and I don't think that the big trucks take care of the pedestrians on passing beside of.
Alabama is ranked top of obesity states in the nation for a long time, nevertheless why doesn't the goverment try to make Alabama residences do exercise in daily life? They always use their cars even if they go ATM, MacDonald, or next to the house. I understand that it is very convenient to get the stuff you need, but I am sure that it causes to push the obesity rate up not only Alabama but also United States.
If every street had sidewalk for pedestrians or cyclists, the residences would try to use their feet or bycicles because gas price, as you know, is going gradually up to over a dollar higher than last year. We don't have any chance to walk or to go to shopping by foot because of no sidewalk. In Florida who is ranked 42 out of fifty in the obesity ranking, there are sidewalk or exclusive use spaces for bycicle every single streets in the town, particularly Gainesville.
I hopeTuscaloosa is changed to healthy town.
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I agree with you ,
Not only does in Tuscaloosa but many other states in the U.S also uses their own cars more than walking or jogging.
In Korea we often walk otherwise it's too far away from our place,and most of the students don't have their own cars, but in here most of the students have their own car and drive to school although it's nearby.
I also these things need to be fixed. I think that'll be more convenient and healthy as you said.
You are absolutely right!!
Americans have a strange view of locomotion. However, it will change with the increasing gas prices, I'm sure.
I'm also having the same problems: no sidewalks for taking a walk or go skating.
And to see a bicyle here is a sensation, in Germany is a common method for transportation.
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