Lord knows I have tried. She has gotten better over the years. I do notice that when I am back East, people pretty much unload on each other at a whim. East Coast style is much more in your face. I am old NW style. The old Scando-Japanese ethic. The wait at the stoplight even at night mentality. I like the Dutch. While in Amsterdam I witnessed folks (tourists) walking in the bike paths. Big no no there. In the most flat but direct tone I ever heard, a Dutch women tells this tourist "you are walking in the bike lane. Please don't do this as you will be run down and killed. Thank you. " Worse yet, they say that in English to the tourist! Amazing people. When I win the lottery I am going to give wifey the car keys and move to Holland or Denmark. What great cycling cities.