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I live in a city but its not "inner city".... I drive everywhere. The most I walk is from my house to the car!

I live in the suburbs and don't walk anywhere! I've never lived anywhere that I could walk places. I think it would be nice though.

Suburbs so I don't do a lot of walking.

We live in the suburbs and our area is not walkable. I grew up in the suburbs but in a more walkable area and I liked that. We're here because we wanted land. There is a lot Nearby but the roads aren't walkable.

I live in the city. There are a number of restaurants and stuff that we can walk to, but this still isn't a super walkable city. My coworkers and I do take a walk almost every afternoon around our very large office building, just to get some fresh air.

@mrbee: Me neither. I didn't even realize I was losing weight (because I wasn't doing anything differently and baggy clothes were popular in the 90s) until I went home for break and people kept telling me how great I looked.

We live in a neighborhood in a small town, and walk nearly every day. We can walk to the downtown area, to multiple hiking trails, and several small lakes. Most nights we just go on walks through the neighborhoods. I grew up going on nightly walks, in addition to lots of hiking, so it seems normal to me. One of the main reasons we wanted to move to this area was all of the great walking available.

We live in the suburbs and rely on our cars to commute and run bigger errands, but we do a fair amount of walking, too. We walk to get groceries, dry cleaning, pharmacy, etc. and DS's daycare is in walking distance. I would love to live car-free and in the city or close-in suburbs, but my DH is more of a country guy so this is our compromise!

When we lived in the city, I got fewer steps than I do in the suburbs now. When I go into work, I walk to the train, walk to work, and back. Just walking around our house I average about 5,000 steps a day.

Very urban city. I walk almost everywhere. We have a car garaged a few blocks from us. I take it out maybe once a week to do a target/Costco/fairway run
Our stroller probably has more miles put on it per week than our car!!!

I live in the suburbs of a mid-sized city. We walk to our local library and coffee shop regularly. There is also a pizza place and bar we go to occasionally. We also walk to the various parks around us. The largest park/community center/splash pad is walkable and whenever there are events there, we walk.

There are many more restaurants/Walgreen's/grocery store/shops, etc. that are in walking distance, but we only walk to them when we have time or if the weather is nice.

I live in a city and walk everywhere! Like, my normal commute is about 20 mins, or 1.2 miles, so that x2 is my minimum for a work day.

What is an exurb?

I am all about multitasking, and that's one of the things I love the most about city living- we walk *almost* everywhere. We live on a hill which is fantastic exercise, and with an active dog and no yard - even in the winter we get tons of exercise. When it is cold there are so many places to duck into, we still venture forth. We have a nice indoor/outdoor mall too, around the bend, and some other great city stores. The parks keep us walking and in great shape in nicer weather, and the takeout and restaurants of course. When LO starts school it will be .8 miles (one way) twice a day! One of the best things is living next to... 4 major grocery stores! (Especially while pregnant. ) We didn't walk that much when rural. Right now DH even walks to work which is AMAZING.

Suburbs and unless I'm diligent, I do just about zero walking. Go into my garage and get in my car, drop off LO, drive to work (90 minutes), park in a parking garage, take an elevator up to my floor, sit at a desk all day, go down the elevator, pick up LO, drive home to my garage (90 minutes). Sit at home all night.

I have to go exercise at home/go to the gym and walk on my lunch break or I would literally never move. Lately I've been eating at my desk and walking around a pond near my office and its lovely.

Everyone around me is in pretty much the same scenario: drive very far distances and sit all day. I'm working on a career move that involved more movement and I can't wait because I feel like I'm slowly dying with this level of sedentary days.

I live in the suburban country- a development of 100 houses surrounded by farms. I can't really walk anywhere, but I typically get my 10000 steps in just at work.

I used to live in the city and walked everywhere. I miss that but if I lived elsewhere now I'd miss the cows, horses, and chickens I see every morning on my way to daycare/work.

In the country, but we take walks with the dogs and pull M in his wagon. We go to the park and walk, too.

@mrbee: haha I never lived in the boroughs!