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Old 09-23-2010, 12:39 AM   #16 (permalink)
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When I lived in Texas, at least 5 days a week were car free days. Biking back and forth to work was awesome. In most of the U.S., this is not a viable proposition due to all of the idiot drivers on the road and/or distances of the commute. I relegated the car as a means to make money offering neighbors who couldn't afford cars rides to places outside the city, or as a play thing for the highways and rural roads during early morning hours when no one was looking, or the occasional 1000+ mile trip where a bicycle really wouldn't do(otherwise, I'd have gone without a car altogether).

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In France everybody goes on strike at one time or another I believe... Perfectly normal...
I wish it were that way here in the U.S. Although, if Americans actually showed some spine for a change, there would probably be mass arrests(or worse), never mind the ever present outsourcing to the 3rd world.
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