Supersize it- Amazing fact about America's Obesity Crisis

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9. Many of the Southern states tend to be more rural, too.

Everything is spread out, so one has to drive everywhere, even in the more urban areas. There are fewer sidewalks and bike trails. No shoulders on the road, so riding a bike can be really risky. My old Schwinn and mt. bike are both literally rotting in my garage, because I have no safe place to ride either, without having drive 30 miles or more. I used to ride on the roads here when I first came down, but I had one close call too many. That was more than 20 years ago, and the traffic is far worse now. A couple of weeks ago, a couple on a tandem bike got creamed right about where I had my last close call. The husband didn't survive.

I have also seen people start up the car in the post office parking lot, and drive across a not-busy street to the grocery store. We're talking a 40 ft. walk at the most. I used to live 2 blocks from that post office. One Saturday, I went to check my PO box, so walked over there. On my way, some guy commented, "Must be a 'poor day', huh?" I guess only people who are too poor to drive walk around here.