Honestly, travelling place to place taking more time will somehow get you to live longer? That's stupid on all levels. Keep in mind back then that you could get attacked by a fucking bear on your way to the next town, or robbed by bandits. Add in the polio and smallpox that you inevitably have from the lack of modern medicine and sanitation and you've got a recipe for a short life.
Why do people have this stupid belief that the "old ways" are somehow better? Seriously people, use your brain. It's like the idiots who believe homogenized milk is bad for you. Sure, go ahead and drink your untreated milk and get the diseases that we eliminated centuries ago. We'll be waiting in the E.R. room with the modern medicine necessary to stop you from pooping out your guts.