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How Walkable Cities Build Exercise into Daily Life

Not Just Bikes · Explainer · 12 min · 2022 · YouTube title: The Gym of Life
Why it's here

HN recommends it whenever fitness, aging or cycling comes up, as the clearest statement that city design is the best public health investment.

What it covers

Not Just Bikes argues that people in walkable, bikeable Dutch cities stay healthy because exercise is built into daily life, which he calls the gym of life. It contrasts this with car-dependent cities that require deliberate workouts.