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‘Trust in Walking’ by Whitefish, Montana author Antonia Malchik
November 25, 2020 /
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The crux of the book is the relationship between walkability and communities. Malchik argues that walkability correlates with trust within communities, resulting in lower crime and better health and resiliency. Since Malchik says humans are innately more community-minded than competitive, we rely on each other because walking makes us vulnerable.
“In a way, people had to be able to trust one another and rely on one another for help,” Malchik said. “For example, if you’re picking fruit and you’re a mother, you need to hand someone your baby. With monkeys, their babies can cling from a very early age and human babies can’t do that.”
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