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Gotta love this: New York City resident Matt Green has decided to walk across the United States over the next nine months. Unlike most adventures of this kind, Green’s not raising money for a cause; it’s strictly about walking. He has a list of the details<\/a> of his trip and a Flickr account<\/a> for his photos.<\/p>\n

From the I’m Just Walkin’<\/a> web site that will document his travels, Green states the reasoning behind his trip:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also no obstacle to stopping and exploring things when you\u2019re walking. When I\u2019m driving, I find myself saying \u201cOh, I should have stopped there\u201d as I go flying by something that looks interesting. The idea of having to impede your progress, turn the car around, and find a place to park is such a mental barrier to exploring when you\u2019re driving. Even on a bike there\u2019s a hesitancy to stop and climb off the saddle to go check something out. But it\u2019s easy when you\u2019re walking. You don\u2019t have to stop what you\u2019re doing; you just walk in a different direction for a little and have a look around.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the thing I find most important about walking is how connected it makes me feel to the space I\u2019m passing through. I think it\u2019s because walking is the way we experience our homes. We walk to the fridge, we walk to bed, we walk around the yard. We walk to the copy machine, we walk to the coffee machine, we walk around the grocery store. So this is that same familiar stride, that most basic form of locomotion we know so well, but through vast, immense, unknown places. It\u2019s a way to live a continuous line across the country as if it were my home.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very drawn to the simplicity of this whole pursuit. Each day I\u2019ll wake up, pack all my possessions back in my cart, and walk a little farther. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the extent of my world. I\u2019m just walkin\u2019. I think everyone dreams about such a simple existence from time to time, when the worries and pressures of modern life start to accumulate. This is my chance to live that dream for a while, and see how the reality compares to the fantasy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

photo by Matt Green<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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