I'm something of a cyclist. It happened when I moved to a town not far
outside of Boulder and I saw that bikes were pretty much standard-issue
in that area. It was great: cyclists were everywhere! In the city of
Boulder they seemed to be well-respected by drivers and well-taken care
of by the bike lane and bike rack gods and it wasn't unusual to see
Burley trailers being towed along which contained a kid or two next to
the groceries. And it spoke to me about a very different way of life
from the isolating car-centric society we seem to have built. Since
then, I've had to move again to eastern Pennsylvania, where things
aren't nearly so bike-friendly.
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