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> He has a 20 min. drive from his home in WV to the train station and then a 2+ hour train ride in to the city.

A train commute is not the same as a car commute (as castratikron (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12865204) also notes). I have a two hours' walk to work, and I love it; it is calming. Half that time in a car would have me a frothing mess of rage (I say with authority, having briefly had a 90-minute commute a while back).

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I love walking and would do it more often, but how have you kept up the health of your knees? If I walk (like walking from A > B in one go) more than about 2 hours a day by the 3rd or 4th day my knees start to feel it.

> I love walking and would do it more often, but how have you kept up the health of your knees? If I walk (like walking from A > B in one go) more than about 2 hours a day by the 3rd or 4th day my knees start to feel it.

I dunno. I used to spend time on a treadmill, too, and that really killed my knees, so it's not just some super strong joints. I think you just get used to it; I started when I was 20 (though I've scaled it up over time), and that probably helps.

You walk four hours each workday? Why not bike?

2 hours (my wife works in the same place, and I usually ride home with her). I don't like biking as much as I like walking.

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