• Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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    16 days ago

    Yep, meanwhile my country built bike highways. I’m at work after 35 minutes of cycling. (15 km)

    I live outside of a city, so I can choose between multiple cities where I wish to work. It’s pretty convenient.

    I simply don’t feel like accepting a job offer that has a bad commute.

    The biking is a huge stress reliever, I come fresh at work and freshly home.

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      16 days ago

      Seems it works out great for you but I don’t think it is a great solution for Americans who on average live far further from their work in inhospitable climates and are less healthy.

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        16 days ago

        Often times being pushed so far from their work because their city downtown is 60% parking lots and it illegal to build any new buildinga unless they are luxury condos or mcmansions.

        If the city still had decent density, they could easily live closer to work.

        • grue@lemmy.worldOPM
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          16 days ago

          Precisely. Claiming that biking is more dangerous than driving because car-supremacist land use patterns force cyclists out into suburban sprawl is essentially disingenuous victim-blaming.