The Netherlands is flat, so cycling like the Dutch would require not just changing infrastructure and social behavior, but changing the landscape in many places

The Netherlands is flat, so cycling like the Dutch would require not just changing infrastructure and social behavior, but changing the landscape in many places where people live as well...Amsterdam is known for it's canals, San Francisco for its hills -- e.g. the highest natural point in San Francisco (area 121 km^2) is 283m, the highest point in the entire Netherlands (area 41,500 km^2) is less than 40m higher. I'm not saying the idea of everybody biking like the Dutch is as absurd as the idea of everybody boating like the Venetians, but it ignores the role of landscape in a similar way.