I wear a size that's got more than enough length, but about right for width.

The trick for men's shoes for me seems to be avoiding anything with a pointed toe, but go for the rtoundest, squarest shaped toe that can be found. It usually fits.

My biggest regret is not buyiing like 10 pairs of the shoes that do fit right. The next time I find any sneaker that fits well, I will buy ten pairs of it. I had some addidas running shoes like 20 years ago that fit really well and I was so happy, and when they wore out, I tried to buy another pair, but they had been discontinued. Fast forward a decade, I had a pair of Skecher ultra-wides that fit really really well.... but same thing, they wore out, discontinued when I went to buy more. To this day I haven't found a shoe that fits well again.... but when I do, I'm buying a dozen pairs before they have a chance to discontinue them. Any shoe that doesn't wear a hole by my pinky toe.

I like these

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/19...976a_2048x.jpg

need 13 EE (double wide) prefer Redwings "King Toe"

Being a life long boot wearer instead of sneakers.

I learned there is fine line between lightness of boot and durability.

My Tree/Pole Climber boots are not good for hiking.
Combat boots are OK but the price on em lately has become ludicrous.
I don't need gore Tex in the desert. Rattlers have hard time piercing leather.

You are dead in tennis shoes or low cut foot wear.

So what I prefer will not suit someone. Like from Vermont.

Amen to all of the above, but I do lean towards the GoreTex where I live, steel-toed too. And I get mine resoled when they get worn, so I don't have to totally break things in a second time.

Cant remember last time I didn't wear some sort of boot, prefer pull ons but wear lace ups for work.

currently my feets are shod in these
https://www.redwingshoes.com/work/me...ens-work-boots

Good for outside in a midwest winter , especially if you get stuck driving a bigass box truck that day. even better if you don't have to pay for most of it.

My feet are just the right size for my shoes.

I have similar ones weird wolf made by Wolverine Boot company.

https://www.wolverine.com/US/en/home

Anything else would be ridiculous!

But _finding_ the right shoes, can be an issue.

My feet are just at the top of what is available in normal shops. Size ~46, it varies a little - I seem to remember I used to be able to use 45 more in the past, nowadays it's almost always 46. I blame the industry tweaking the sizes, not my feet:
I usually buy a good pair of shoes - not boots* - in one of those Outdoors shops, for workday use (I'm on my feet a lot, mostly outside) and wear them 'til they're down.

I guess I could get more choice if I ordered online, but heck, I do like real shops to stay alive.

*winter is different of course

Oh, yeah, never thought of that!

look good, my weekend boots are Wolverine
https://www.wolverine.com/US/en/dd-w...M_color=W04727

https://www.timberland.com/shop/mens...ellow-10061024

my (winter) boots are like those^

I was the same shoe size form age 19 to age 42, then I went up a size. I went up another size and a size wider by age 54. This is to be expected with aging. Your feet take a beating, which they are made for, all during your lifetime. You should expect them to respond. \

Always go for footwear that fits right and feels good. You never break in shoes, you break in feet. Foot doctors will tell you this, fully 60% of their clients pay big bucks over the rest of a lifetime for making bad footwear choices.