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Old 09-10-05 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Santaria
The arguments themselves are based off international comparisons. For the record Japan, Denmark and the U.K. compared and contrasted to the U.S. as a whole. While I've mentioned the density and logistics of design, I'm more interested in the whys.

Why is it more convient for the Dutch to ride bikes, even though they do not have a lack of oil availability (the Shell Co.); Why does an island find it more convient to use bicycles as a tool of commuting where areas such as L.A. do not, and why does N.Y. find itself in a more amiable position on par with Europeans (as it pertains to commuting alternatives like the bike). Why U.K. is becoming more bike-centric where a large threshold of the U.S. still looks at bicycles as toys.

I am not sure I would be doing justice to an interstate argument, nor would it help my grade in either class (both taught by the same professor, who is being cool as hell in letting me turn in what amounts to the same paper twice, just with a minor twist in information - rare this is, says Yoda).
Fair enough - issues such as the "toy bike syndrome" lend themselves well to a country by country comparison.
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