Originally Posted by
slide23
That's a pretty big leap. I can afford to drive with impunity. I choose not to drive because the automobile is so dreadfully inefficient, my inner engineer cringes at the thought of lugging around 3000 extra pounds to move my 180 pounds hither and thither. I used to really enjoy my car, but I like inefficiency even less.
In general though, I agree with Bragi's assesment. Of course we here in the LCF prefer our bicycles. We wouldn't have found our way here if we didn't.
But as for the more general populace I think that Bragi nailed it. As an example. I have a friend who was born and raised near Xian, China. He was car free for the first ten years of his career, riding his Flying Pigeon everywhere. Now, living in Silicon Valley, he drives. And he thinks I'm crazy for riding a bike when I could drive. The difference is that his car-free living was of necessity, not choice. Mine is by choice.