Originally Posted by
BigBoss
there has to be bike messengers in Detroit. Detroit is a major city and i believe all of them have messengers. even portland has bike messengers! the only thing is to find a company which pays well
This is true--even Dallas has them. Although, my neighbor--who was one until 2 weeks ago--told me his company (Chase Couriers) axed the bike messenger position in favor of vehicle couriers. Apparently, it's more chic (as in better for the image) in this city to have things delivered by car (it's what the clients want). I think there around 12 bicycle couriers left in Dallas, down from 100 about 6 years ago. To quote the Dallas Observer:
"Not only are they little known, but the Dallas messengers say they are being denigrated and undercut by the well-organized, uniformed and motorized delivery services. Although the bicyclists offer an environmentally friendly service that they claim is up to twice as fast as cars, the motorized competition offers what Dallas business craves more than good service--image."