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Uh...I have never met someone who intentionally had a beaten-up-looking bike nor who dressed down to avoid being robbed. That sounds horrible.
by mminer237 3y ago
Uh...I have never met someone who intentionally had a beaten-up-looking bike nor who dressed down to avoid being robbed. That sounds horrible.
- woodruffw 3y agoThere are multiple adjacent threads describing this exact phenomenon. It’s also worth taking a look at a photos of the wealthiest men in the US sometime.
- tokai 3y agoRich people don't dress down to avoid being robbed. It's been covered to death. It's a flex.
- benj111 3y agoIs it? Surely it's because some people want to display their wealth and other don't. To me wealth is money in the bank, not sitting on the driveway. Who's flexing more or the neighbour with a BMW lease?
- solardev 3y agoAre you sure? Maybe the point is that they blended in to be unnoticeable.
- mminer237 3y agoI know some rich people to be clear, and most dress modestly, but it's because they don't want to show off or they don't want to look tacky or because they still work manual labor jobs and those outfits are impractical. None have even mentioned a fear of being robbed.
- solardev 3y agoFair enough.
- tasogare 3y ago[dead]
- idiotsecant 3y agoNo? Those are both pretty common. You've never met anyone who drives a crappy car or leaves a little bit of trash on the dash to to avoid it being broken into? If you've never even met someone who does any of these things I think you're living a pretty charmed existence removed from a lot of the realities of the world. I sometimes wonder what proportion of the HN audience is lacking these same basic experiences. Some of the comments I see on here make me wonder...
- KptMarchewa 3y agoIf that's common in your area, it says more about the area than him. > If you've never even met someone who does any of these things I think you're living a pretty charmed existence removed from a lot of the realities of the world. Or maybe live in a country that has low crime.
- benj111 3y agoThe Dutch ride crappy bikes because they get stolen. The Netherlands isn't exactly a crime hotspot.
- Sayrus 3y agoIn Paris I know a lot of people who use old bikes because anything shiny or pricy gets stolen. For the same reason, e-scooters and e-bikes are very often stored indoors even during the day. The issue is not only in solar panels in South Africa or cars in San Francisco.
- Scoundreller 3y agoHeh, in Paris, went to Ste-Chapelle, which is connected to the supreme courthouse. Happened to be during the terrorist bomber trial. Maaaaaassive security. CRS everywhere, out of town Gendarmes there, airport style security to get into the church, police questioning every non-white person on the street. And there it was, inside the courthouse compound, some low-end 80s Peugeot bicycle double locked to an interior fence.
- bityard 3y agoI know a guy who bought an expensive bicycle and then gave it a hideous rattle-can paintjob. He did not care about resale value or looking cool, he just loved riding the bike and was tired of his bikes getting stolen while running errands around town.
- gwd 3y ago> he just loved riding the bike and was tired of his bikes getting stolen while running errands around town. ...and that sounds horrible.
- zzzeek 3y agoi have absolutely owned bikes, cars, etc. that were intentionally crappy to avoid attracting attention in the city. this is incredibly common