“Good” and “bad” are pretty hard to define.

This question reminds me of the “Why is the Ameican government the best government in the world”-scene in “Thank you for smoking”. (Recommend the movie, not the American government)

Just do what you think is best, that’s all you need to know.

Trees are great.

Look into Aylla for good quality leather shoes (buy once, cry once) and I also enjoy my Freet shoes for when I want/need sporty shoes.

For the Aylla shoes I would recommend investing in some shoe trees, because the leather will wrinkle without those because the shoes are so flexible.

And for non-european: Jim Green barefoot. Bit less flexible than the Aylla’s, but amazing quality at a very reasonable price. I don’t think you can find more durable barefoot style shoes.

Related to gambling: being “pot committed”