Originally Posted by
cooker
You're an exception to the rule, in that you cycle more and drive less than the majority of folks in your community. Do you think that was at all inspired, or at least reinforced, by all the time you spent living in Europe, or perhaps by immigrant parents if you had them, because that is more the norm over there compared to here?
I was bicycle commuting for 15 years before moving to live in Germany. I bicycle commuted while living 10 years in Germany. I bicycle commuted upon my return to living in the U.S. Neither of my parents ever rode a bicycle for one minute in their lifetime.
BTW, bicycling for routine transportation purposes to include shopping or commuting is the exception to the rule
everywhere in the U.S. and almost everywhere else in first world countries. Especially doing so if not forced to by economic circumstances.