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Old 12-30-15 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel4
Watch Mikael Colville Anderson on youtube. And while I was searching for other bicycle advocacy videos, I learned that the bicycle is a big driver of local economies in a lot of African villages. Then when the community grows and automobiles are introduced, the automobile-centric roadways push everybody aside and ruin the bicycle economy to the extent a father earning money by driving a bicycle taxi is now out of business because it's illegal.
What exactly are you "advocating" for to take place in North America - Americans and Canadians should strive to emulate the local economies and living standards of primitive African villages?
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