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Originally Posted by Spokebreaker
Detroit. I mean, really, how can you beat the Motor City for unfriendliness to bikes? You can't ride on the freeways (though why would you want to over there?), bike lanes are non-existant, except in far-flung suburbs like Ann Arbor, there is no real mass transit and what little exists is not geared for bikes.

Not to mention Michigan winters.

Then again, I moved away in 2000, so maybe something has changed since then?
Nope, my stepdad's still getting nearly creamed on a regular basis there. The motorists just don't want him around, so they're always trying to "teach a lesson".
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