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Your daily steps may depend on your zip code more than your willpower
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this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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File this under "no shit Sherlock" . Almost the entire US falls into poorly walkable or even hostile towards walkers. A map of these scores for Europe would help put things in perspective.
Willpower is just a word for a conscious shift into a statistical minority. Any change that requires willpower will always apply to a minority by definition. If a majority is doing it it's not really willpower any more.