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by rplst8 3683 days ago
The difference is, Hiking is good for you.
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Hiking all day everyday would be a literal death march.
Working the brain is just as important as working the body.
Money can be good for you.
What's the point of money if you have no time to spend it?
You can drive a BMW and wear a Rolex on your way to work and feel better about yourself.
Don't wear a BMW nor a Rolex but I imagine that the novelty and the "feeling good about yourself" caused by the possession of these two items would fade out pretty quickly.
No problem. You just buy a suit then. And then a huge telly. And then a new pair of shoes. Believe me, you'll never run out of shiny stuff to buy.
You need money to get to the places to Hike... and not be barefoot while doing so.
Or, you can be a broke-ass cracker in Appalachia - although most of them aren't much into hiking if there isn't a trout pond at the end or they're actually driving deer...
I could theoretically just hike my way off to somewhere to hike. Land use laws are different, and as long as I'm not messing up someone's forest, I'm good. And public transport will get one closer.

Indiana, most of those ponds and hunting places were state parks or privately owned places with "no trespassing" signs up, and far out of the way of the city.