I'm asking because frankly, my town sucks for riding. There's a total of one bike lane in the entire area, and it doesn't go anywhere useful. The main drag that runs past any useful places (walmart, safeway, dollar store, etc) is also a main highway and therefore doesn't have a shoulder. I'm forced to ride on the sidewalk or take a much, much longer route to get there. Which, if I'm out for a casual ride isn't a problem, but if I'm in a rush it kinda screws me over.

So how would you rate where you live? 1 being absolutely horrible, 10 being "better on a bike than in a car". Mine's sitting somewhere around a 2 or 3.