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It's a consistent stigma across most of America
by bobbyadamson 10y ago
It's a consistent stigma across most of America
- donatj 10y agoI've never felt this stigma in Minnesota. I had no idea it was a thing. People hate on bikers for slowing down traffic, yelling things like "get a car, loser" but I've never heard anything DUI related.
- 67726e 10y agoI've never really heard the bicycle/DUI connection before, but I've always heard the moped/DUI one, so I can see the mental leap to that idea.
- 67726e 10y agoThat's really gonna depend on where you live. If you live in the affluent suburbs, you're definitely going to encounter that mentality. I was raised in what is possibly the most bicycle friendly town/island in the state of South Carolina and that mentality is still very much a thing. In cities that mentality is less present, but there is the hatred of bicyclists from drivers.
- michael_h 10y ago> If you live in the affluent suburbs, you're definitely going to encounter that mentality. Counterpoint: many affluent suburbs are adding multiuse paths all over the place.
- cptskippy 10y agoThe trend around Atlanta is for the affluent to just build further from the city, not to revitalize or rebuild. The middle and upper middle class seem to be the ones doing the revitalization efforts as they try to move back into the cities away from the suburbs. It's leaving this ring suburban homes form the 60s-80s around the perimeter of Atlanta that are falling into disrepair.
- Tactic 10y agoI suspect that is regional. It absolutely is not the case in Minneapolis/Saint Paul.