Outdoor Friendly & Mom Vs Dad Tasks

Do you need more time outdoors? Dangerous Dave talks about the major cities with the best outdoor spaces. Plus, are moms shouldering the majority of the household mental load tasks? Mom says "yes".

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sea steeple in the dead with dangerous eves. Well, you
know a lot of people are thinking they need to
venture out in the middle of nowhere to enjoy outdoor lifestyle.
But let's face it, you know you're not going to
experience a real outdoor area by vacation. Let's say. At
times Square company rv share just released a report of
the most and least outdoor friendly cities in America. They
included the metropolitan areas with at least a million people.

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That included fifty two areas. Rankings that determined based on
thirteen factors, including public parks, outdoor activities, nights, people spent, urving,
camping and clamping, nature based spaces, memberships in outdoor groups,
outdoor friendly views, and access to trails and wilderness. And
in the end, Seattle ranked most outdoor friendly. Denver was

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a close second, followed by Grand Rapids, Michigan, Miami, Portland, Oregon, Nashville,
San Francisco, Richmond, Virginia, Los Angeles, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Of the fifty two cities considered, Houston came in dead last,
followed by rod Chester, New York, Hartford, Connecticut, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Milwaukee,
Oklahoma City, Detroit, Buffalo, Raleigh, North Carolina, Fresno, California. The

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report says fifty seven percent of Americans still crave more
time outside and do not feel like they get enough
time in nature. There's still quite a bit of summer left.
There's time to make it happen. But when I think
of outdoor time, I certainly do not think of cities
that are over a million people. Though, I think of
areas where you can actually see the stars at night

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because the light pollution isn't so bad and the tree
is not actually just telephone pole deeper in the two. Well,
you've probably heard the term mental load. It's about doing
chores and keeping track of it all. But apparently moms
are shouldering way more of it. In a new study,
NAST three hundred and twenty two moms, who's handling more
mental load? When it comes to thirty common household tasks?

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And they said moms are handling the majority of it
at twenty nine tasks. Top ten tasks moms say they're
keeping track of that they do a lot more than
dad's medical stuff like remembering kids, doctors and dentist appointments,
paying attention to mental health, tidying up, bringing stuff when
you go out, like remembering a diaper bag, extracurricut or not,
including sports including piano lessons, stuff like that, their social

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life including playdates, keeping track of shared calendars, packing lunches,
helping with homework, and extracurricular that are related to sports.
The other things that they're handling bad time, potty training, babysitting, meals, laundry, groceries,
the mail, getting your kids ready for school, and helping
in the middle of the night. Apparently the only task
that dads carry most of the mental load is taking

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out the trash. Moms did agree that they also handle
good amount to the mental load when it comes to
five things, fixing things around the house, paying bills, doing dishes,
helping at bedtime, and taking care of pets. Moms estimate
they do seventy three percent of the mental load, where
dads are handling just twenty seven percent. I would tell
you more, but my wife is going to have to
handle the rest of that. To me, they can't. For

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