There's a show on PBS tonight about how socio-economics can affect health and one of the interviewees mentions that he makes enough money to choose where he lives etc. He commented that he doesn't have to find a bus station to take the bus two hours each way each day just to get to and from work. Because of this, he has time to exercise and because he has a car, he can live where he wants and shop where he wants for better foods.
My thought is -- does living without a car, clearly a symbol of elevated socio-economic status in the US, mean the same thing if one makes the decision, the choice to live without the car? When it's a choice -- and it can be a very stressful lack in my life at times -- does it cause the same type of stress for someone who supposedly could afford a car as it does for someone who can not afford a vehicle?
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that's an interesting thought. because now, i don't have a car, but i walk to work and i live close to everything. so i am very healthy at the moment. (although i am also in new zealand, so maybe that makes a difference?)
and choosing not to have a car as well...i'd like to see how that fits in.
nice to see you've been blogging, clearly i have not been keeping up to date!
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