LAZY

This is one of my last posts about Boston! In case you aren't 100% up on my awesome life, I am moving home to New Jersey in just TWELVE DAYS! (!!!!!!!) But even better than that, in 18 days I will be moving to New York.

I AM MOVING BACK TO NEW YORK AND I AM SO EXCITED I WANT TO RUN AROUND MY APARTMENT SINGING BAD ROMANCE AND MAKING CLAW ARMS! (I've been doing this a lot since the Glee concert).

The point is though, this post is about Boston. And specifically, how people in Boston aren't really used to walking. This is weird to me because in New York, everyone walks. The city is for the most part a simple grid and as long as the weather doesn't suck and you don't have to wear heels, walking is normal.

People in Boston look at me weird when I tell them I walked somewhere. Recently, someone even reacted with complete horror when I told them I was walking back to the T after work instead of waiting for a bus to take me there. The walk was exactly 13 minutes long, it was 10 o'clock at night and I had no idea when the bus would come and I knew I'd get there faster if I walked. Their response: "But that's so far! I HATE WALKING!"

Fine. Boston, you may think I'm weird for walking. But I don't care. And to throw it back at you, I AM APPALLED AT YOUR LAZINESS.

I frequently take a bus from where I live to a lovely little area called Harvard Square. I get on said bus at the second stop. I can see the beginning of the route from my stop.

Awhile ago, I saw someone get off the bus at the 4th or 5th stop. I thought, "Wait, really? They couldn't just...walk that distance?" I decided to Google Map it to check the distance. .6 miles (and no, they did not have any bags or anything large or heavy).

But it gets worse. Because in the last few months, I have seen people get off at the third stop. .3 miles. POINT THREE MILES! Are you serious?

Recently, some friends were in town for my Tufts 5 year reunion, and we waited for my lovely bus to Harvard Square. The bus pulled up, and someone got off. My mouth hit the floor, and I proceeded to flip my lid to my New Yorker friends, who clearly didn't know that the bus originated pretty much across the street from where we were. For at least 5 minutes I could not contain my cries of "DID THAT PERSON REALLY JUST WASTE $1.50 ON THAT BUS RIDE?!?!"

Google Maps says the distance is less than .2 miles. This person could not bear to walk that distance. WHO DOES THAT?!?

Bostonians, you are contributing to the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of Americans. If you don't want to be like me and walk 25 minutes to the post office instead of waiting for the bus, that's fine, but walking a quarter of a mile takes all of 5 minutes.

Be like Nike and JUST FREAKING DO IT. Or I'm going to punch you next time you get off the bus when I get on it.