I have a friend from the Netherlands and his bike was stolen, despite having a lock on it, the very first week he was in the US. He was completely dumbfounded,

I have a friend from the Netherlands and his bike was stolen, despite having a lock on it, the very first week he was in the US. He was completely dumbfounded, the idea of a bike getting stolen was just ridiculous for him, growing up in a such a high median income, highly developed country. And when he was in the US he was staying on campus at a presigious University. As far as my + his anecdotal evidence goes, the Netherlands is just much much safer in terms of not getting your bike stolen.