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How about sneakers?
Can’t say the same for sneakers I’m afraid. I reckon the longest lasting shoe of that kind were a pair of Brooks that I maybe got 3 yrs out of.
Edit: or my Vans but I obviously don’t put them through all weathers.
https://www.goral-shoes.co.uk/products/the-smugs-horween-natural-pre-order
Certainly out of my price range, lol. To make a long story short, though, sneakers (and all other athletic foam-based shoes) are inherently not durable, nor designed to be. To get long life out of footwear, you really need to wear more traditionally constructed (i.e., no foam) shoes or boots for 95% of the time, and save athletic footwear for when it's needed. You don't even really need foamy shoes for all athletics.
I'm lucky if I can get 700 km out of a standard pair of running shoes, but foamless (or foam-lite) "barefoot" shoes like xeroshoes have a 5000 mile warranty.
Yeah - I don't think a durable sneaker exists. I live in the city and do a lot of walking. I can get about 18 months from a better pair of running shoes. I really hate finding a pair I really like then a year or two later they no longer make anything like that shoe and the replacement is either lower quality or doesn't fit as well.
Will definitely give Xeroshoes a close look. That turns out to be something like 50 miles a week over two years which is almost double what I would walk. Thanks!