[cwilson]

The walking and the stairs. So many stairs. I don't know many friends who live in buildings with elevators, especially in the outer boroughs. We live in a four-story walk-up in Brooklyn, have stairs in our duplex to go to the second story/loft, and walk up and down subway stairs on a daily basis. So all those stairs plus generally walking everywhere around the city equals a lot more exercise on a daily basis than the average person (is my guess).

It's night and day versus growing up in Austin, where I drove everywhere, rarely used stairs, and walking consisted of taking out the garbage to the curb.