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Man walks nearly 3,000 miles from New York to San Francisco (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[–] 12 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Good for him. But it is not unusual.

I live near the American Discovery Trail and have hosted many hikers and bikers that have walked across the United States.

https://discoverytrail.org/

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  • [–] 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

    With all due respect, you live near the American Discovery Trail so you have a skewed perception of normalcy with that lol

    It is definitely unusual for someone to walk across the United States. Wikipedia has a list of famous walks (which, of course, doesn't include the average joes who have done it) but the fact that the page exists lends to the idea that it's pretty notable!

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    That link got mangled for me for some reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_walked_across_the_United_States

    Anyway. I knew a guy who did the walk. It was his fun fact at parties. He wasn't white and said he learned to call ahead to let authorities know he was coming through on foot.

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