Um, duh? Where I live now, I have to drive about 30 minutes (with interstate) to have good grocery selection and another 10 or so for better options. Restaurants as well. Visiting Chicago, New York, LBI, even areas in Little Rock, Dallas, etc are infinitely more walkable and wouldn't you know it, my average steps were far higher in those cities.

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.

100%. when I was deeper in the city I was almost never in a car. sigh.

Sounds like induced demand. A place is more walkable, so people walk.

Makes sense to me. I live in the middle of nowhere, and although my work isn't very far from my home, half the year it would be impossible to walk there without having snow up to my knees, falling on ice or getting drenched from rain.

I really wish St. Louis was more walkable. It’s so car centric out here that I usually have to drive somewhere for most stuff cos public transit is such a joke and no one respects pedestrians out here so they’ll run you out of the way and act like you’re the asshole for existing