> I have a pretty strong attachment to one of my bicycles Hey there fellow bike lover! Mine is a 1979 Peugeot racer and I bought it with literally my last mone

> I have a pretty strong attachment to one of my bicycles Hey there fellow bike lover! Mine is a 1979 Peugeot racer and I bought it with literally my last money for the month as a student just because it was so freakin' pretty! :) Yes you have a point, it's difficult to judge what emotional attachment is "good" or "bad". But in a pretty objective way, cars have a lot of negative effects that e.g. bikes just don't. I also think it's kind of sad that we haven't found a way for people to feel physically safe without encasing themselves in literally a metric ton of metal. Sadder still that for many, cars provide shelter. Those roles could and should be better filled by other means, and would require less subsidy from society than car infrastructure demands. Plus, it would just be the decent thing to do. Besides, for many people (I'm seeing this in my own family at the moment) the idea that cars are cool and interesting is injected constantly, over and over again, everyday, it's really hard to do anything against. For starters if anyone knows good "matchbox" style bicycle toys, let me know, because I think I've exhausted the market after just two or three birthday gifts.