Well when you know where you going fast and slow had 20 min different wouldn't you? I used to live in New Zealand countryside and since I know when the bus come so I go slower....
@@loghan93 but you don't have to walk side by side , so block the whole side walk though. it is like two cars driving side by side and way below the speed limit, no one can pass. so if you walk slow, then don't do it side by side , but make space for people to pass.
I’m sorry if this sounds politically incorrect or mean (and I’m fat too btw!) but when REALLY fat people (I, personally, call them waddlers) walk side by side at a glacial pace, it well.... really “grinds my gears”!!! And I’m a big girl AND I like walking slow, but I don’t do it in a manner that holds others up making them late for work, miss the bus, etc etc. Same thing at the grocery store.... if you’re still deciding what you want, BACK THE F UP!!!! Aaarrrrrrrggh! And HATE grocery shopping so I wanna get in and out! Don’t block the ENTIRE meat section please!!! Uuuurrrgh!!!!
In cities, where walking is one of the primary ways of getting to a destination, it makes sense that people would find it proper to speed up their waking.
www.researchgate.net/publication/233521899_The_Pace_of_Life_-_Reanalysed_Why_Does_Walking_Speed_of_Pedestrians_Correlate_With_City_Size As you might expect, the authors had a more nuanced take on the causes than the video leads on.
Which has nothing to do with it. I know 19 year old men who walk slow because they grew up in a city with 30,000 people and 65 year olds who walk fast because they grew up in a city with 2 million people.
Its true. I actually felt at home trudging through the streets of Seoul and London. I was there as a tourist and when everyone walked fast, I felt like I was in element, like I was trained for this. I mean, I am, considering that I was raised in another big city.
I live in St. Louis and walking speeds have no consistency here. I'm undeniably the fastest walker in my school but on city streets some fellas walk like snails and others like bullet trains. Everyone here speeds while driving though lol
@Theis Lyhne Jensen - 9D Agreed. But easier said then done. I have a green screen in my living room and one of the challenges is having enough space to set up the lights and be a few feet away from the screen and have enough room for the camera. Gets pretty tight, it does work, but its not perfect. I do love Davinci Resolve for aiding that.
Pallab Dutta nahhh, people there just aren’t as advanced as the people who live in 1st world countries, they have the tendency to do everything slowly as well as if they have all the time in the world. if you ever see them travel, you’ll probably notice that people from that place will literally stop at places just to take pictures. There’s even a meme that people there nowadays would take pictures of their food as a way of praying.
I remember when I was out in Seattle in 2014 I was walking at a New York City pace. I ended up passing everyone. Even though it might be more youthful in Seattle, they still go at a slower walking pace than NYC.
These studies are often cited in lead-in methodology courses at universities. I seem to remember that the more simple "cities are just younger" explanation is the current more prevailing one among scientists. It's a good lessen on how the same surface data can have many different theories attached to it and why further research is always needed after forming initial hypotheses.
I knew of the "people are younger" explanation from Tom Scott, but the fact that the multiple explanations are used to demonstrate the complexity of explaining data in college.
I walk fast in NYC because I have places to be. I need to get to work, school, to a social function, to the airport, etc. When I'm not in a rush, I walk a bit slower.
@lethal the" implied difference" doesn't exist at all. he could be referring to any part of the video and his reasoning is unclear because there is no context.
People rush everywhere whether it be from tourists or to work. Cities like NYC aren’t Disneyland, it’s a middle class city and we have places to be. Greetings from NY
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New Yorker here, and I travel a lot. I've noticed that New York seems to have a really high average walking speed compared to other places I've been, and I've been to a lot of different countries. And it's specifically New York that seems to have this, for some reason. I mean, sure, other places may be a little faster than the average, but New York is on a different level.
How about the: “Ive got places to be, things to do” part? Plus cities nowadays are packed with “young professionals”, and cities are so spread out you kinda have to walk quickly to get anywhere - unless you like being stuck in traffic 😉
@@ThePainkiller9995 what about visiting a friend that lives across the town? In my grandma's village that would be 5 minutes walking and in Berlin that can take you up to 2h with public transport or by car. People don't just need to go to stores....
For me, when I’m in a city, there’s two main factors that influence my walking speed. The most important, is what I am walking for. If I’m racing to catch a bus, or I want to get to a location at the other end of town, then I’m gonna walk faster. But if I’m not in a rush and there’s cool stuff to look at it then I’ll slow down and relax. The second factor is the environment, if I’m walking down a road with cars and noise and not much surrounding me then I will just walk faster to get through it, but if I’m walking past shops and parks and pretty European houses then I will tend to slow down, there’s more to look at it and stuff to enjoy. The final main factor is other people, if there’s a good amount of people but it’s not a stressful amount then I’m more likely to walk through at a slower speed, dodging people and enjoying the walk, feeling safe in the crowd. But on the other hand, if there’s a lot of people, I’ll likely slow down a lot to help move amongst the traffic without a collision. If there’s few people, then it varies. If the other people are walking fast, especially in a less comforting environment, then I’ll probably speed up to match so I won’t hold anyone up, but if the environment is nice and safe and there aren’t many people I’ll probably slow down and enjoy my lonesome walk.
Kowi Kowi I never meant to say that the study being old meant it was incorrect, just that they sourced an actual study. Everything Cheddar is saying in this video is sourced from studies.
Life in the city moves faster because there is more to do. The pace of everything is faster. It drives me crazy when I go out to the suburbs or rural areas and the pace is so slow, even in the shops.
What I personally feel is the real reason is that more people are walking to work in those types of cities. When you live in a place like New York where a majority of the population walks or uses public transportation you want to get there faster and the only way to do that is walking faster. On the other hand in smaller cities like the one I live in the only people walking are the people on a leisure walk where there is no reason to walk fast. When people in smaller cities are rushing, they don't show it when they walk, because they aren't ever walking to work, instead, they are driving. If after finding the person's speed and you ask them where they are headed I bet most of the faster-walking people will say they are going to work or something, while the slower walkers will simply be just walking around for leisure.
they mentioned fresno. it catches me so off guard whenever someone on the internet mentions fresno. it shouldn’t, fresno is a major metropolitan area with one of the best universities in the country, but we’re mentioned so infrequently that it does
Young people walk faster,because they are always Late. I was young and lived(and still do)and I was always Late too.I'm 53 now and I still walk fast,but I stop being late years ago.
Oopsies, my bad 😬 but no, I still walk fast regardless of where I am or doing. I dont get amazed by ppl either. Promise, im this bitchy and anti against everyone 🤗. Honestly, what am I supposed to gain by watching ppl? You exist. Cool story. But I still got ish to do & move
When they mentioned Nairobi, I felt that! You return from vacation and immediately you touched Nairobi streets, you start moving as if you are running late for an important meeting even though it's early afternoon and you are only heading to your apartment
I walk fast. When I visited London people were walking fast, especially downtown. It being so crowded though the fast pace was great for me, I didn't feel trapped behind people most of the time simply because they were walking fast enough.
Another factor is that people often keep scheduled public transport in mind: you are more likely to catch bus, tram or train which could be few and 10-15 minutes in between if you move faster / you see you will miss if fail to speed up a bit. Folks near stations and terminals are the fastest.
o you are so right, i try very hard to avoid Times Square as much as possible. i'll only visit there if i really need to. i don't believe i have sensory over load from street noise & building ads, due to my always having my walkman plugged in. personally, i walk fast to basically avoid people.
The first study looking into this wasn´t in 1976, but in 1933 by Marie Jahoda, Paul Felix Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel in their publication "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal". They measured the speed of walking in their sociological study regarding unemployment.
could it have something to do with the fact that people in large cities use walking as a form of transit to/from work and necessary shopping, while walking in towns tends to be for leisure and fun shopping? Probably more specific to usa where most small towns do not have public transit and everyone usually uses a car
There is a very interesting 2015 study that is a reference in this topic that has been totally ignored in this video. Check Richard Wiseman and the British Council study.
Did any of the studies take note of the modes of transportation? I would assume that the lack of public transportation and more personal cars in rural areas would cut out the need to walk briskly from point A to point B.
I live on Long Island and go to Manhattan often. I find I walk slower on side streets and faster on the main busy streets. I think it's mainly because everyone else around me is also moving fast so I'm just going with the crowd. It turns into a herd mentality. If you suddenly stop, you back up all the people walking behind you. It's like driving on a busy highway vs. a side street. There also is a sensory overload. I try to avoid the tourist areas like Times Square. To much going on and people suddenly stopping, rushing by, and/or trying to get your attention to sell you stuff.
I walk faster when there is someone behind me. Also so i can catch the crosswalk light.
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I walk faster just to try to avoid going behind the smelly smokers, as fast there is fewer in front of me and it start to smell nicer I may slow down, but this have made me get used to walk fast, and it make me feel healthy, so I keep do it.
Some of those factors are about the city environment, others about the people living there. It should be possible to distinguish those two groups of factors by looking at people walking in another city than their own. Then it could be seen whether it's the city people come from or the city that they walk in that has the most influence.
I think people in cities walk faster than people in small towns because usually pedestrians in small towns are walking for leisure or to go shopping etc, not if they’re rushing because you usually need to drive to get places in small towns anyways. In cities less people have cars because of availability of public transit, crowding, traffic, and cost of parking, so you end up with many pedestrians who have somewhere to be at a specific time. Me personally, i’m from a small town but go to school in a big city. At home we drive if we’re in a rush and in the city you have no choice but to walk to where you need to be ( transit stop, school, work, appointment)
If you own a clock which 90% of people do, its known as the white rabbit paradox, were the more you look at the clock, the more faster you walk, or how often you walk fast, because you'll be afraid of being late.
This is a odd question to answer but I feel it though, I went to New York City and passed many students in my school’s group, while walking with ppl Ik the speed is probably the same speed but I felt slower
Ill give you another reason. Its pretty much without the high society theories:distance. Time is a factor. Its always been. So, the reason for that is,things like (shops, food vendors, work, entertainment , transport) are further apart for the size. People dont like to waste time, or be bored at that:late, food cold, ques, waiting etc. And they would cut time just by walking faster. Its not the same, walking 300 -700 meters from one end of a village to another, compared to the 3-4 kilometers average commute + extra free time walking. Most people living in villages dont have to face traffic, ques, transport wait etc, while going to their business, whether by vehicle or on foot.
It seems to me the bigger the city, the more services there are (businesses, shops, docters, idk) and more to fill up your time with. It makes sense then to want to make the most of your time
Damn, watched this whole thing and the conclusion at the end told me what I already knew. From such a provocative title, I'd have thought this new 2019 video might have some newer information than a 1992 study which is basically common knowledge at this point.
As a lifelong New Yorker (city) personally its for 2 reasons: 1) attention spans are shorter so we don't want to be tied up on on getting place to place so long and 2) who realistically wants to take their sweet time getting place to place in a massive city?
I would have expected that people in cities walk faster because they walk for different reasons. If you are in a small town or even a village it seems more likely that you would walk just for leisure and drive if you actually need to get somewhere. In cities on the other hand walking is probably a more viable mean of transport. So you might choose it even if you are in a hurry. So it would be interesting to see how fast people walk in different places. Parking lots, shopping malls or just at home and then compare cities to less populated places. Has there been research like that?
Brah true when I walk in serangoon mrt(train station) which in singapore serangoon is a popular place I tend to move faster just because I don't want to look at people and because of how fast everything is moving you know monkey see monkey do.I think I'm like scared and confusion on people's judgement around crowded area which makes me move faster it's like I want to get out of there and in singapore we have this kind of attitude of being scared to lose(Kiasu).
The only ;factoid; I can recall about different walking speeds is that people in Sao Paulo walk a lot faster than people in Rio de Janeiro. This is something I remember reading/hearing about sometime in the 80s. The only explanation I can recall is that people in Sao Paulo live at a faster pace than those in Rio. As they are both large cities, from a European perspective it's not clear why that's the case.
There's definitely something to the time is money factor, but the other reason not mentioned is that the bigger the city, the longer it takes to get to work and back, so you walk faster to waste less time commuting and have more time at work or home.
You don't want to lose your ride after waiting in a long line because of walking slowly (either you or others blocking your way). Also, if there is a traffic jam you can arrive late or lose a connection during you commute. So we need walk fast to compensate for all this!
Correlation does not equal causation, as my old Stat Professor would say. Personally I'd wager that another reason people walk faster in cities is that they on average have someplace to be urgently (ie: work), and walking is their primary form of transportation, so they rush more. In the suburbs/rural areas people are less likely to walk to places they need to be urgently as the distances are prohibitive, so they'd rather take a vehicle. Hence the average person walking out there is doing so for either recreation or non-urgent purposes.
Never lived in a Major city and I walk faster than everyone around me, including city dwellers. Its called not wasting time and being punctual. I also walk to work everyday rain or snow. I think the correlation is with walking more in general not where you live. If you walk because you don't want to drive or don't have a car, you would walk quicker, than a normal person.
I'm gonna be honest, I'm normally a slow walker, but I go to the city for school. I'm just anxious about being shoved out the way for walking too slow in the city.
I wish they could revisit this and update the study. I used to live in denver and people would walk like normal speeds and by "slow" i mean not like a turtle, i moved to Reno and in reno people wall slow, and reno is 250,000pop and Denver is closer to 716,000. Is there a population cut off for what "small is"?
The reason why someone walks faster in a city differs actually. For some, it's because they either don't have a lot of time or want to get to a certain place they either like or something faster. Some are just anti sotial and don't like to be aroun alot of people so they walk faster to get to a calmer area. There are alot of different reasons for why people walk faster. But one thing is true. In a place where everything is beautiful and calming, people tend to take their time and enjoy the place and start walking super slow or just stand around
Also may be studied why on smaller cities distances seems longers than in big cities. I mean, walking 4 blocks in my 10k population city is in my head as walking 25 blocks in a 300k city
I've heard that human nature is to travel 20 to 30 minutes to get to their destination. Maybe the reason why is simply time and distance equate to getting to your destination within 30 minutes (bigger cities have farther to walk than small towns)
As someone who has lived in New York City and its surrounding suburbs. I would say the answer is even simpler. if you live in a suburban area nothing is within walking distance you have to drive to everywhere. So the people in suburbs simply don't walk as much and don't have the same level of stamina for it. whereas in a city everything is within walking distance so you walk a lot more. So naturally if walking is your main form of transportation you do it pretty quick.
@@professorwiesy1351 but DO they walk to the supermarket. If you live in a highly populated city you generally walk to get anywhere. The majority of New York City residents don't even own a car let alone have a driver's license.
When you don't depend on a car to move around, this is why people in large cities walk faster since that is their primary means of transportation and they need to get to locations quickly.
One thing none of these studies is taking into account. People walking in cities generally aren't out for a leisurely stroll. They have places to go, and things to do once they get there. They don't have time to be dickin' around. I've lived in cities, and I've lived in tiny towns far removed from anything. Slow-walkers are everywhere, and they drive me nucking futs, cuz not only are they slow, but they're completely oblivious to their surroundings and don't notice you coming up behind them with an agenda. Lead, follow, or GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!!
The worse part is when you're walking fast and the person in front of you is really slow. In that regard, I just dart around them and continue at my pace. Saying excuse me often creates lag time. Darting around them often would give them the impression I robbed them though if I slightly brush against them. Ah social factors, it's like complimenting whether the fast should go ahead of elderly people when entering a bus. They are going to get the front seats anyway, why clog the rest of the people behind. It makes sense practically and gets the people moving. The bus isn't going to move until it collects everyone usually. However, being polite and allowing them to go slow and creating traffic in line slows down the process. I personally think efficiency over unnecessary politeness.
I walk fast in London because the person behind me is catching up.
Or maybe.... creeping up... LOL
Well when you know where you going fast and slow had 20 min different wouldn't you? I used to live in New Zealand countryside and since I know when the bus come so I go slower....
London sucks
The city I'm from isn't huge and I do this too. Say what you want about demographics it's definitely sensory overload and personal space for me.
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I should add a speed limit to walking in Pyongyang
Kim Jong-un why add a speed limit when you can just chop people’s legs off
Can you tax them or the punishment is no more legs and that leg is forced feed in front of his or her family
NotNotQuality what’s the point of taxing them when they don’t have anything in the first place?
Oh wait, so they have to lose their legs. Nice
If they walked faster, they'd faint because you don't give them food!
Liberate your people, please! thanks in advance Kim
Slow walkers are the worst, especially when they walk side by side and clog the sidewalk. Pick up the pace or get out the way, I got places to be.
Exactly
cronical246 I’ll walk as fast as I want, I couldn’t give two shits where you Have to be
I don’t care about the late reply
@@loghan93 but you don't have to walk side by side , so block the whole side walk though. it is like two cars driving side by side and way below the speed limit, no one can pass.
so if you walk slow, then don't do it side by side , but make space for people to pass.
Hell yeah I say “EXCUUUSE MEEEEE!”
I’m sorry if this sounds politically incorrect or mean (and I’m fat too btw!) but when REALLY fat people (I, personally, call them waddlers) walk side by side at a glacial pace, it well.... really “grinds my gears”!!! And I’m a big girl AND I like walking slow, but I don’t do it in a manner that holds others up making them late for work, miss the bus, etc etc. Same thing at the grocery store.... if you’re still deciding what you want, BACK THE F UP!!!! Aaarrrrrrrggh! And HATE grocery shopping so I wanna get in and out! Don’t block the ENTIRE meat section please!!! Uuuurrrgh!!!!
In cities, where walking is one of the primary ways of getting to a destination, it makes sense that people would find it proper to speed up their waking.
Interesting video. But could you add the sources in the description? It will help a lot if we want to learn more about the subject. =)
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@@alipapa Scientist. But that's almost the same thing =)
The source is your mom
www.researchgate.net/publication/233521899_The_Pace_of_Life_-_Reanalysed_Why_Does_Walking_Speed_of_Pedestrians_Correlate_With_City_Size
As you might expect, the authors had a more nuanced take on the causes than the video leads on.
The walking championship.
Tom Scott already answered this question: People in the cities are younger.
That's what this video said at the end of the video.
I guess they were out of ideas
Really? Then why does everyone at my college walk so damn slow?
@@DoomFinger511 they were not commuting within college campus, the place was the destination.
Which has nothing to do with it. I know 19 year old men who walk slow because they grew up in a city with 30,000 people and 65 year olds who walk fast because they grew up in a city with 2 million people.
Its true. I actually felt at home trudging through the streets of Seoul and London. I was there as a tourist and when everyone walked fast, I felt like I was in element, like I was trained for this. I mean, I am, considering that I was raised in another big city.
lol, trained fir this!!!
I live in St. Louis and walking speeds have no consistency here. I'm undeniably the fastest walker in my school but on city streets some fellas walk like snails and others like bullet trains. Everyone here speeds while driving though lol
Oof that green screen glow tho
Sorry what? I play all my videos in 160p which is pretty fucking detailed and it looks fine.
@@inactiveaccount293 ikr my entire screen is literally one pixel and it looks like perfection to me. This guy is crazy am I right haha
He should make the switch to Davinci Resolve. It has a powerful thingy (cant remember the option) that makes that glow disappear.
@Theis Lyhne Jensen - 9D Agreed. But easier said then done. I have a green screen in my living room and one of the challenges is having enough space to set up the lights and be a few feet away from the screen and have enough room for the camera. Gets pretty tight, it does work, but its not perfect. I do love Davinci Resolve for aiding that.
Because get the hell out of my way already. Jesus, all four of you are going to dawdle in the middle of the sidewalk and block everyone?!
Ugh meanwhile people in Jakarta walk at a glacial pace but drive like there's no tomorrow.
slow legs means that it takes a while for their legs to get off the accelerator.
It can be the possible outcome of higher gravitational pull working under Indonesia. 🤔
Pallab Dutta nahhh, people there just aren’t as advanced as the people who live in 1st world countries, they have the tendency to do everything slowly as well as if they have all the time in the world.
if you ever see them travel, you’ll probably notice that people from that place will literally stop at places just to take pictures. There’s even a meme that people there nowadays would take pictures of their food as a way of praying.
Exactly!! Cairo is the same! 😂😂
I remember when I was out in Seattle in 2014 I was walking at a New York City pace. I ended up passing everyone. Even though it might be more youthful in Seattle, they still go at a slower walking pace than NYC.
These studies are often cited in lead-in methodology courses at universities. I seem to remember that the more simple "cities are just younger" explanation is the current more prevailing one among scientists. It's a good lessen on how the same surface data can have many different theories attached to it and why further research is always needed after forming initial hypotheses.
I knew of the "people are younger" explanation from Tom Scott, but the fact that the multiple explanations are used to demonstrate the complexity of explaining data in college.
Currently living in Hong Kong.
My observation is people here don't really walk that fast coz they're always staring down at their phones.
I walk fast in NYC because I have places to be. I need to get to work, school, to a social function, to the airport, etc. When I'm not in a rush, I walk a bit slower.
Because we have things to do and places to get to so we walk faster.
how is that any different from other cities though?
I didn't say it was.
"Faster" is a comparative word. So, it has implied difference.
The implied difference is towards little towns, etc. Not other cities
@lethal the" implied difference" doesn't exist at all. he could be referring to any part of the video and his reasoning is unclear because there is no context.
People rush everywhere whether it be from tourists or to work. Cities like NYC aren’t Disneyland, it’s a middle class city and we have places to be. Greetings from NY
Avery The Cuban-American have you been to Miami?
Lol tourist do not even walk fast in nyc, they are the ones that slow down people who actually live in nyc.
I walk fast to make up for the time I lose at traffic lights waiting for car drivers to work through their personal issues
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New Yorker here, and I travel a lot. I've noticed that New York seems to have a really high average walking speed compared to other places I've been, and I've been to a lot of different countries. And it's specifically New York that seems to have this, for some reason. I mean, sure, other places may be a little faster than the average, but New York is on a different level.
Try visiting Copenhagen, I've never been to New York, but we're also very fast here :)
Depends on which street/avenue. I try to avoid the main streets and take side ones. Less crowded and people tend to walk at a normal speed.
How about the: “Ive got places to be, things to do” part? Plus cities nowadays are packed with “young professionals”, and cities are so spread out you kinda have to walk quickly to get anywhere - unless you like being stuck in traffic 😉
Everyone at my college walks relatively slow.
Even downhill, if I go slower, it's like I'm constantly braking, idk how people can walk so slow.
Jose Flores teens walk super slow trust me I’m in highschool and people just walk super slowly talking or on their phones
Maybe because BIG cities are BIGGER than SMALL towns? You have to travel more to get to your destination. 🤔
That's not true though, a big city has stores at every corner while you may have to drive a few miles just to get your groceries in a small town
@@ThePainkiller9995 what about visiting a friend that lives across the town?
In my grandma's village that would be 5 minutes walking and in Berlin that can take you up to 2h with public transport or by car.
People don't just need to go to stores....
For me, when I’m in a city, there’s two main factors that influence my walking speed. The most important, is what I am walking for. If I’m racing to catch a bus, or I want to get to a location at the other end of town, then I’m gonna walk faster. But if I’m not in a rush and there’s cool stuff to look at it then I’ll slow down and relax.
The second factor is the environment, if I’m walking down a road with cars and noise and not much surrounding me then I will just walk faster to get through it, but if I’m walking past shops and parks and pretty European houses then I will tend to slow down, there’s more to look at it and stuff to enjoy.
The final main factor is other people, if there’s a good amount of people but it’s not a stressful amount then I’m more likely to walk through at a slower speed, dodging people and enjoying the walk, feeling safe in the crowd. But on the other hand, if there’s a lot of people, I’ll likely slow down a lot to help move amongst the traffic without a collision. If there’s few people, then it varies. If the other people are walking fast, especially in a less comforting environment, then I’ll probably speed up to match so I won’t hold anyone up, but if the environment is nice and safe and there aren’t many people I’ll probably slow down and enjoy my lonesome walk.
The reason is simple.
People are annoying, winding around with annoying people has to be brief to be less annoying.
PHD scholars: we theorize based on our research....
Cheddar: nahhhh they are all wrong. Here is what we googled
Alipapapapapapi Actually, they sourced a 1992 study, whether you believe in the study or not.
@@madeofmarble8514 just because a study is old doenst mean its wrong.
Kowi Kowi I never meant to say that the study being old meant it was incorrect, just that they sourced an actual study. Everything Cheddar is saying in this video is sourced from studies.
yeah let's be fair to cheddar, those are _psychology_ "phd scholars" we're talking about here.
Cheddar videos always stop when they become interesting.
Life in the city moves faster because there is more to do. The pace of everything is faster. It drives me crazy when I go out to the suburbs or rural areas and the pace is so slow, even in the shops.
Never realized how slow I walked till I started working in a hospital. Now my walking speed is comparable to Usain bolt getting a midnight snack
One of your better videos, thanks!
They”re just late for work
Thanks for a very interesting video.
And the graphics are incredible too.
What I personally feel is the real reason is that more people are walking to work in those types of cities. When you live in a place like New York where a majority of the population walks or uses public transportation you want to get there faster and the only way to do that is walking faster. On the other hand in smaller cities like the one I live in the only people walking are the people on a leisure walk where there is no reason to walk fast. When people in smaller cities are rushing, they don't show it when they walk, because they aren't ever walking to work, instead, they are driving. If after finding the person's speed and you ask them where they are headed I bet most of the faster-walking people will say they are going to work or something, while the slower walkers will simply be just walking around for leisure.
Great content!
I get really self conscious when I'm outside so I try to lessen my time outside on the roads by walking faster lmao
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Singapore isn't in Asia? And you're saying people walk fast in all of Asia, even the rural countryside?
My dude Singapore is in Asia
@@amihartz Singapore is in asia.
Come to Indonesia and you'll have to deal with slow walkers everywhere even in the Capital ;)
I always figured outside of cities people tend not to walk everywhere just drive. so their not just as used to walking like everyone in the city
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they mentioned fresno. it catches me so off guard whenever someone on the internet mentions fresno. it shouldn’t, fresno is a major metropolitan area with one of the best universities in the country, but we’re mentioned so infrequently that it does
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I walk fast in cities because I walk fast. In the country-side I walk really slow because the view is amazing.
Young people walk faster,because they are always Late. I was young and lived(and still do)and I was always Late too.I'm 53 now and I still walk fast,but I stop being late years ago.
Yeah, go to any college. Everyone walks slow as shit.
Oopsies, my bad 😬 but no, I still walk fast regardless of where I am or doing. I dont get amazed by ppl either. Promise, im this bitchy and anti against everyone 🤗. Honestly, what am I supposed to gain by watching ppl? You exist. Cool story. But I still got ish to do & move
The type of people who work and live in the city are type A personalities. They are driven, focused people who don't want to waste time.
Tom Scott talked about this years ago. However, you made a good video!
This is the type of videos I like to watch.
When they mentioned Nairobi, I felt that! You return from vacation and immediately you touched Nairobi streets, you start moving as if you are running late for an important meeting even though it's early afternoon and you are only heading to your apartment
Can we have source for the graphs ? It's really interesting
What about driving tho, it seems to follow a similar pattern, but young legs should be a major factor here, do they?
Video idea! Why fast food restaurants mess up the order so frequently and why we accept it. I have been wondering this for a while.
I only walk fast to take over the person in front. But mostly to beat my personal best times.
I walk fast. When I visited London people were walking fast, especially downtown. It being so crowded though the fast pace was great for me, I didn't feel trapped behind people most of the time simply because they were walking fast enough.
Another factor is that people often keep scheduled public transport in mind: you are more likely to catch bus, tram or train which could be few and 10-15 minutes in between if you move faster / you see you will miss if fail to speed up a bit. Folks near stations and terminals are the fastest.
Bern is known in Switzerland for a really slow city and they kind of get mocked for that. Zurich or Geneva moves WAY faster.
o you are so right, i try very hard to avoid Times Square as much as possible. i'll only visit there if i really need to. i don't believe i have sensory over load from street noise & building ads, due to my always having my walkman plugged in.
personally, i walk fast to basically avoid people.
The first study looking into this wasn´t in 1976, but in 1933 by Marie Jahoda, Paul Felix Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel in their publication "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal". They measured the speed of walking in their sociological study regarding unemployment.
could it have something to do with the fact that people in large cities use walking as a form of transit to/from work and necessary shopping, while walking in towns tends to be for leisure and fun shopping?
Probably more specific to usa where most small towns do not have public transit and everyone usually uses a car
There is a very interesting 2015 study that is a reference in this topic that has been totally ignored in this video. Check Richard Wiseman and the British Council study.
Did any of the studies take note of the modes of transportation? I would assume that the lack of public transportation and more personal cars in rural areas would cut out the need to walk briskly from point A to point B.
I live on Long Island and go to Manhattan often. I find I walk slower on side streets and faster on the main busy streets. I think it's mainly because everyone else around me is also moving fast so I'm just going with the crowd. It turns into a herd mentality. If you suddenly stop, you back up all the people walking behind you. It's like driving on a busy highway vs. a side street. There also is a sensory overload. I try to avoid the tourist areas like Times Square. To much going on and people suddenly stopping, rushing by, and/or trying to get your attention to sell you stuff.
I walk faster when there is someone behind me. Also so i can catch the crosswalk light.
I walk faster just to try to avoid going behind the smelly smokers, as fast there is fewer in front of me and it start to smell nicer I may slow down, but this have made me get used to walk fast, and it make me feel healthy, so I keep do it.
i watched this in 1.5 speed because i was playing a game
I think avg time 30-35 min to commute from in home to office must be equal in city and suburban area, but as city get bigger people tend to speed up
Some of those factors are about the city environment, others about the people living there. It should be possible to distinguish those two groups of factors by looking at people walking in another city than their own. Then it could be seen whether it's the city people come from or the city that they walk in that has the most influence.
MRT morning rush hour in Singapore is pure hell. Everyone's just speed walking and you can watch the current of humans flow like water.
I think people in cities walk faster than people in small towns because usually pedestrians in small towns are walking for leisure or to go shopping etc, not if they’re rushing because you usually need to drive to get places in small towns anyways. In cities less people have cars because of availability of public transit, crowding, traffic, and cost of parking, so you end up with many pedestrians who have somewhere to be at a specific time. Me personally, i’m from a small town but go to school in a big city. At home we drive if we’re in a rush and in the city you have no choice but to walk to where you need to be ( transit stop, school, work, appointment)
IDK about that last bit i see some speedy ass old businessmen in NYC. They usually outpace the teens they are walking by.
If you own a clock which 90% of people do, its known as the white rabbit paradox, were the more you look at the clock, the more faster you walk, or how often you walk fast, because you'll be afraid of being late.
This is a odd question to answer but I feel it though, I went to New York City and passed many students in my school’s group, while walking with ppl Ik the speed is probably the same speed but I felt slower
Ill give you another reason. Its pretty much without the high society theories:distance. Time is a factor. Its always been. So, the reason for that is,things like (shops, food vendors, work, entertainment , transport) are further apart for the size. People dont like to waste time, or be bored at that:late, food cold, ques, waiting etc. And they would cut time just by walking faster. Its not the same, walking 300 -700 meters from one end of a village to another, compared to the 3-4 kilometers average commute + extra free time walking. Most people living in villages dont have to face traffic, ques, transport wait etc, while going to their business, whether by vehicle or on foot.
It seems to me the bigger the city, the more services there are (businesses, shops, docters, idk) and more to fill up your time with. It makes sense then to want to make the most of your time
So was the study about age right?
What about hurrying to public transport like buses and subways since they run on a schedule?
Damn, watched this whole thing and the conclusion at the end told me what I already knew. From such a provocative title, I'd have thought this new 2019 video might have some newer information than a 1992 study which is basically common knowledge at this point.
As a lifelong New Yorker (city) personally its for 2 reasons: 1) attention spans are shorter so we don't want to be tied up on on getting place to place so long and 2) who realistically wants to take their sweet time getting place to place in a massive city?
I live in a small town In texas we are basically walking in slow motion
I would have expected that people in cities walk faster because they walk for different reasons. If you are in a small town or even a village it seems more likely that you would walk just for leisure and drive if you actually need to get somewhere. In cities on the other hand walking is probably a more viable mean of transport. So you might choose it even if you are in a hurry.
So it would be interesting to see how fast people walk in different places. Parking lots, shopping malls or just at home and then compare cities to less populated places. Has there been research like that?
Brah true when I walk in serangoon mrt(train station) which in singapore serangoon is a popular place I tend to move faster just because I don't want to look at people and because of how fast everything is moving you know monkey see monkey do.I think I'm like scared and confusion on people's judgement around crowded area which makes me move faster it's like I want to get out of there and in singapore we have this kind of attitude of being scared to lose(Kiasu).
These random scientific studies are interesting. Great job with the research.
As someone who lives in Dublin I can confirm! Peoples legs go light speed!
The only ;factoid; I can recall about different walking speeds is that people in Sao Paulo walk a lot faster than people in Rio de Janeiro. This is something I remember reading/hearing about sometime in the 80s.
The only explanation I can recall is that people in Sao Paulo live at a faster pace than those in Rio. As they are both large cities, from a European perspective it's not clear why that's the case.
There's definitely something to the time is money factor, but the other reason not mentioned is that the bigger the city, the longer it takes to get to work and back, so you walk faster to waste less time commuting and have more time at work or home.
1:01 Omg the weather network theme
You don't want to lose your ride after waiting in a long line because of walking slowly (either you or others blocking your way). Also, if there is a traffic jam you can arrive late or lose a connection during you commute. So we need walk fast to compensate for all this!
That sneaky subscribe button at the end when you want to stop the viewing and tap right in the middle 👿
Correlation does not equal causation, as my old Stat Professor would say.
Personally I'd wager that another reason people walk faster in cities is that they on average have someplace to be urgently (ie: work), and walking is their primary form of transportation, so they rush more. In the suburbs/rural areas people are less likely to walk to places they need to be urgently as the distances are prohibitive, so they'd rather take a vehicle. Hence the average person walking out there is doing so for either recreation or non-urgent purposes.
Watching this from Nairobi, we walk fast for safety here that's why...
Never lived in a Major city and I walk faster than everyone around me, including city dwellers. Its called not wasting time and being punctual. I also walk to work everyday rain or snow. I think the correlation is with walking more in general not where you live. If you walk because you don't want to drive or don't have a car, you would walk quicker, than a normal person.
I'm gonna be honest, I'm normally a slow walker, but I go to the city for school. I'm just anxious about being shoved out the way for walking too slow in the city.
Me too, I get sucked into the herd mentality.
I wish they could revisit this and update the study. I used to live in denver and people would walk like normal speeds and by "slow" i mean not like a turtle, i moved to Reno and in reno people wall slow, and reno is 250,000pop and Denver is closer to 716,000. Is there a population cut off for what "small is"?
The reason why someone walks faster in a city differs actually. For some, it's because they either don't have a lot of time or want to get to a certain place they either like or something faster. Some are just anti sotial and don't like to be aroun alot of people so they walk faster to get to a calmer area. There are alot of different reasons for why people walk faster. But one thing is true. In a place where everything is beautiful and calming, people tend to take their time and enjoy the place and start walking super slow or just stand around
Also may be studied why on smaller cities distances seems longers than in big cities.
I mean, walking 4 blocks in my 10k population city is in my head as walking 25 blocks in a 300k city
Bern? That's actually a pretty small town in Switzerland.. Zürich would make more sense, as it's larger and the financial capital of the country
I've heard that human nature is to travel 20 to 30 minutes to get to their destination.
Maybe the reason why is simply time and distance equate to getting to your destination within 30 minutes (bigger cities have farther to walk than small towns)
I just hate walking sloely cause i can do more things if i move faster
As someone who has lived in New York City and its surrounding suburbs. I would say the answer is even simpler. if you live in a suburban area nothing is within walking distance you have to drive to everywhere. So the people in suburbs simply don't walk as much and don't have the same level of stamina for it. whereas in a city everything is within walking distance so you walk a lot more. So naturally if walking is your main form of transportation you do it pretty quick.
But here in Germany you can actually walk to the supermarket for example and still people are walking slower than in cities
@@professorwiesy1351 but DO they walk to the supermarket. If you live in a highly populated city you generally walk to get anywhere. The majority of New York City residents don't even own a car let alone have a driver's license.
@@Darius-scifieart yes
When you don't depend on a car to move around, this is why people in large cities walk faster since that is their primary means of transportation and they need to get to locations quickly.
One thing none of these studies is taking into account. People walking in cities generally aren't out for a leisurely stroll. They have places to go, and things to do once they get there. They don't have time to be dickin' around. I've lived in cities, and I've lived in tiny towns far removed from anything. Slow-walkers are everywhere, and they drive me nucking futs, cuz not only are they slow, but they're completely oblivious to their surroundings and don't notice you coming up behind them with an agenda. Lead, follow, or GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!!
For me the reason is i hate being around a lot of people so im just trying to get out of there as fast as i can
The worse part is when you're walking fast and the person in front of you is really slow. In that regard, I just dart around them and continue at my pace. Saying excuse me often creates lag time. Darting around them often would give them the impression I robbed them though if I slightly brush against them. Ah social factors, it's like complimenting whether the fast should go ahead of elderly people when entering a bus. They are going to get the front seats anyway, why clog the rest of the people behind. It makes sense practically and gets the people moving. The bus isn't going to move until it collects everyone usually. However, being polite and allowing them to go slow and creating traffic in line slows down the process. I personally think efficiency over unnecessary politeness.
In Dublin it kinda war zone during 80 90.maybe that why they moved more???? 🤷♂️