# Where do you look when walking?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 6, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198 "2022-08-06T13:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198/35 "2022-08-08T11:24:39Z")

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I asked this question five years ago:

> [@You're walking. Where are you looking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-walking-where-are-you-looking/784715):
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> When I walk, my eyeballs roam everywhere. Indoors, I’m looking flyers on the wall, gazing down the hall to see who’s coming toward me, checking out lights, trim, paint, whatever. Outdoors, I’m taking in the scenery, watching cars go by, and so on. Sometimes I encounter other pedestrians whose eyes are perpetually locked onto the ground a few feet in front of them. For some it may be social anxiety, although I see some people who do this even when there’s no one in their immediate vicinity, a…

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