Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
It's really not as bad as it sounds.
1) people ride here year round, so control for miles, and I'd be willing to bet the numbers are closer than calculated on population.
2) you can't generalize for the entire state. Given traffic, congestion and attitudes, I don't think riding in Miami would be a lot of fun. However, there's a lot more to Florida than South Florida.
People ride year round in lots of places. I ride year round in TX, which is NOT a cycling friendly state. I'd wager that AZ has a fair share of year round riders as well. And let's not forget CA. Most of those states are mentioned in the original article...so I think that throws your first hypothesis out the window.