[b1ue64]

> can be attributed to more unhealthy diet and less walking, which is on the flip side due to US's economic success - affordance for more food and richer food, as well as affordance for car as transportation.

people in the US aren't driving because they can afford cars - they have to drive because they don't have any other viable options due to the way american cities are designed

[marianatom]

There are walkable US cities, and one can move to NY, Chicago, Boston, Seattle or its outskirts. However, people choose to stay in the suburbs because they can afford it.

[tormeh]

Isn't it the other way around? People have to stay in the suburbs because they can't afford to move to NYC?

[DangitBobby]

Yes. I live in the suburbs in the outskirts of a major city. I might consider more seriously the trade-offs of actually living in the city if I could justify the cost of living increase.

[HDThoreaun]

not in chicago

[bcrosby95]

Chicago is the only close to affordable walkable city. As in, it's about the price of living in a suburb of LA. Which still isn't that affordable.