Is a 30 min walk considered short?

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you consider a 30 min walk a short one?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...walking-us-uk-30-minutes-debate-b1905113.html

 

[icowden]

I'd consider it a walk, but not a short one. Just a reasonable walk.

 

[Paulus]

I have voted Yes, but I do walk for more than that everyday.
If a person only walks for a few minutes now and then then it would be a long one.

 

[MichaelW2]

I consider it a 10min bike ride.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I just asked a couple of lads named Craig and Charlie, they reckon that would be a very very short walk.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s a short walk for me. Even on my days off from exercise I’ll typically get an hour walk in.

 

[captain nemo1701]

And I thought it was a long way down the street to the chemist.
Peanuts compared to space, apparently.........

 

[Mo1959]

I would class it as short for me anyway. I generally walk for at least an hour.

 

[mistyoptic]

Need an hour for a decent daily walk. People who don’t walk anywhere are contributing to the increase in obesity as well as global warming. One of our neighbours takes the children to school by car. It’s a ten minute walk. She’s not slim…

I’ll get my tin hat

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I see the walk I've just come back from with t' mutts was 51 mins. That's shorter than usual, usual's between 1&2 hours

 

[Beebo]

Depends on the provision on pavements/sidewalks and the weather.
The US is often very hot or very cold. Plus sidewalks are not regular. The country is set up for motor vehicles.
I expect most people in the UK would be unlikely to walk 15 mins each way to the shops. But would go longer on a recreational walk

 

[MontyVeda]

It depends...

is it a leisure walk in the hills? then yes, it's very short.
is it a walk to the shop or work? then no, that's a long walk and I'd get the bike out.


as for the 'article' linked in the OP... two sentences???? (or do i need to register to read more?)

 

[icowden]

Need an hour for a decent daily walk. People who don’t walk anywhere are contributing to the increase in obesity as well as global warming. One of our neighbours takes the children to school by car. It’s a ten minute walk. She’s not slim…

How old are the children? If you have every tried to get children to go anywhere on time, you will realise that it's quite hard. If secondary age they usually require a bag with several tonnes of books, PE kit, musical instruments etc etc. At primary they should just be able to scoot or cycle, but they tend to be reluctant when it is cold or wet for example.

Another factor is where you go afterwards. If you are driving to your job and dropping the kids en route for example. We all know that public transport tends to be terrible in a lot of places. Plus if you have got the kids to school on bikes and scooters, does the school have provision to keep those bikes and scooters safe. Some do, but many don't.

Or she could just be lazy... I think that it's best to avoid snap judgements though.

 

[icowden]

as for the 'article' linked in the OP... two sentences???? (or do i need to register to read more?)

You can tell it that you want to register later and it will then expand to tell you about how the journalist was asked for a piece to fill up the paper / website and went onto quora to find something vaguely interesting to turn into an article.

 

[Beebo]

You can tell it that you want to register later and it will then expand to tell you about how the journalist was asked for a piece to fill up the paper / website and went onto quora to find something vaguely interesting to turn into an article.

The current state of journalism does seem to be regurgitating debates from reddit or mumsnet and somehow making it newsworthy.