My bike is a tool to get me to work and to run errands. It is old and busted, but if it was stolen, I would happily murder the person who took it. Not because I like my bike, but because I need it.
You ever see one of those guys proceeding along slowly, perhaps on the sidewalk - low income, purple MTB/hybrid, backpack, generally not white? That's mostly me, except I don't ride on sidewalks.