We all know that if you want to get to know someone, you listen to them talk the talk but also watch them walk the walk—literally. The places someone travels to during everyday life are enormously telling. Whether they prefer to visit the park or the pub, the gym or the golf course, people transmit who they are by where they are. Research explains.

The choice of venue tells us more than personal proclivities; it also expresses personality. Who can forget the beloved character Norm in the television show Cheers, who sat at the bar all night nursing the same beer, not there to overindulge but to enjoy good friends and good conversation in a place “where everybody knows your name”? We all reveal our personality and personal preferences through the places we choose to patronize.

Sandra C. Matz and Gabriella M. Harari (2021) examined the link between personality traits and where people choose to spend their time.[i] Whether they work full-time or raise children, time permitting, people choose whether their daily routine includes........

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