Originally Posted by
cobrabyte
I would imagine commuting in Europe or the U.S. (or Japan, Australia, or other 'first world' area) is quite comparable, due to extensive infrastructure.
Commuting in India, or other less developed parts of the world is a whole different set of challenges, I'm sure.
Most places in USA have no commuting infrastructure for bikes. Roads are made for cars and that is it,and those roads frequently are falling apart. And to make matters better the single-person occupied cars using those roads are of the opinion that bicyclists have zero ight to use those roads and are jagoffs about it.
You want to live close to work? Guess what...you'll be 10 miles away from the nearest grocery store. Unlike most other (read smaller) countries we in the USA have tons of sprawl.
Further living close to work will likely not pay the bills like rent/mortgages/food/insurance etc.