Devagar - Life in the sloooooow lane
I’m a pretty fast walker, usually because I’m running late and have underestimated how long it will take me to get to places. I honed my pace in my childhood, from the age of about four, when I had to run to catch up with my 6ft-dad walking to school. Pace is good. It may not always be relaxing but it gets my heart rate up and my muscles working. It seems I’m not the only one who thinks so. The pace of life, measuring pedestrians’ walking pace, had gone up by 10% in 2007, compared with the 1990s . Admittedly this research, led by Professor Richard Wiseman , is 10 years old, but by this logic the pace of life should be even faster now. I think this speaks for itself Well, not in some cities it would appear. I thought that people walked slowly in Buenos Aires , where we moved to from London in 2015. I was wrong. Since moving to Sao Paulo in July I have realised that many people here walk even slower. Sao Paulo is a great city, don't get me wrong. It's international,...