Walking discouraged in OKC

 
| Published: March 6, 2013    Comment on this article Leave a comment

I recently spent a few days with my mother in Oklahoma City, one of the most pedestrian-unfriendly cities I've ever visited. The lack of sidewalks makes it almost impossible to take a walk in your own neighborhood. You can either walk in the street or across neighbors' lawns; neither is an acceptable option.

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Given Oklahoma's high rate of obesity, and the correlation between physical exercise and better health, you'd think it would be a no-brainer to mandate the construction of sidewalks in all new developments. Certainly it would make it much easier for residents to step outside their homes and take a walk.

Kathleen DuHamel, Fruita, Colo.


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