"Running is easy to get into -- just a $30 pair of shoes and go!"

"Running is easy to get into -- just a $30 pair of shoes and go!"

Or -- Why I am not a libertarian and am pretty sure modern notions of it are just unaware privilege

Some things that have made running easier for me:
-- the weather is gorgeous
-- when it isn't, our apartment has treadmills
-- There is a community of running. When walking to dinner, we're liable to pass a half dozen runners.
-- a walkable neighborhood
-- The local high school has a track and multipurpose field. They do the football there, too. Except during games, this is open to the public.
-- That local high school is architecturally attractive. It doesn't look like a prison: windows, open sidewalks.
-- When I've hurt myself, I have a world class county hospital a mile away, an orthopedic who can see me within a week, and a physical therapist on the metro line.

In short, both luck and community investment. I'm on my second pair of running shoes, and I've bought a couple shirts and pants. I've spent maybe $100 a year.

And I've benefited from billions of dollars in infrastructure. Without my thinking about it or even knowing about it, billions of dollars have been spent creating a community that I can benefit from.

That's really why I can't be a libertarian, no matter how much I want to believe we're all individual islands. I can see it is bullshit.