I used to buy NB shoes for many years and then stopped.  I am in a situation where a casual shoe is acceptable and the walking shoe is easier on the feet.  I will say this though, NB has gone way, way down in quality.  When the box arrived it felt so light I thought they forgot a shoe or the whole box.  Now, I am all about "lightweight" shoes.  Who wants to walk around with bricks on their feet.  But the lightweight feel is do to vastly inferior materials.  I have seen quotes around allegedly from NB that state that no one uses leather anymore.  That simply isn't true.  I have little faith that these NB shoes will hold up anywhere near as long as my old NB from back in the day,  Shame on NB for charging the prices they do when I can go to Walmart and get basically the same shoe for $12-$18.00.