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by 999900000999 391 days ago
77% percent of young Americans aren't fit for service.

2 km of walking in a day, even in great weather is exceptional for me. I probably average 1km or less.

And I'm not a car owner. My family members will literally hop in a car and drive 30 minutes over walking .5 km to the grocery store. They like the other one more they say.

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Are you sure you mean .5km? That's only 0.3 miles, 1500 feet. That is the distance if you drive to a Walmart supercenter and park in the center of the parking lot and walk to the door.
This is just utterly astonishing to me. I've just checked a map and it's ~0.5 km between where I park at work and my office!
Your going to have to walk both ways, in the rain/snow, etc ?

Like a lot of comments have already mentioned these towns don't even have sidewalks. You'll be walking on the side of the street risking an accident

Is there a lot of traffic in places with 10k residents?
I am 50 years old and don't think I'd pass fit for service either, but I can still easily walk a few Kms.
The average American walks 2.4 miles per day per the CDC.