Scooter vs. skateboard for communting to work?

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I'm going to start working at an office that's a 30 min. walk from home.
(I actually walked home back from the interview and it wasn't that bad)
So I'd like to try getting there on wheels.
I don't know how to skateboard, and I'm guessing a scooter gives you better balance or less probability of falling. I really have no idea.

What would you suggest for a beginner?
I basically want to be a bit faster than walking but without a bike. :)

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  • Terrik1337
    8 years ago

    I had my car break down in college. Took a month and a half to fix. First thing I did was walk to Walmart and buy a push scooter. I never had any real problems with it, no learning curve, and it cut my time in half. Between the offsite bus I had to take from the remote parking lot and just general traffic my scooter ended up being faster then my car (average car ride was 15 min + 20 min waiting on/riding on the bus, average scooter was 25 min). I only stopped with the scooter once it got too cold. I will tell you though, if exorcise is what your after, your better off with a bike. That constant pedaling would tone your ass and thighs like nothing else.

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  • 7114garrett
    8 years ago

    If you work on Wall Street, I'd suggest the skateboard.

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  • notaterrorist
    8 years ago

    I always see tourists on scooters where I live. I think they look silly

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  • megadriver
    8 years ago

    Scooter. A friend of mine has one and uses it to get around. He also uses it to tease me that my city fuel consumption is higher than his XD

    I think the best thing is a car. I wouldn't give up on my W203 Mercedes for a Veyron!

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    8 years ago

    I'd really like those really small skateboards, but they are more stable if they're bigger, right?

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  • AndersonSmith
    8 years ago

    It seems more professional for an investment in a car

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      I would really like the exercise, and it's only 2 kilometers!

      Also, the traffic is terrible so I'd be looking at all those loosers stuck in traffic trapped in their cars as I go by :)

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  • chained_rage
    8 years ago

    Taxi

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      more money and less exercise.
      Genius

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  • toofgod
    8 years ago

    That's a hard one. There are these long boards there basically cruiser skateboards with big wheels but then again you'd look like a girlie-fag if you chose the scooter. It all depends on the smoothness' of the terrain if your getting a long board

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      mmmm...
      I'd use the sidewalk and it will have bumps.

      I don't care much about looking funny...
      also, I'm a girl.

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