I do like cycling in Davis very much. The facilities are great, and it's very care-free and convenient.

I also tend to lower my praise for it simply because I think the city has it too easy. It's an isolated bubble-town, very flat and small, and many of the drivers are commuters who log their miles mostly out of town. I'd like for other cities to have the same facilities and general use of bikes, but I think that second part would be more difficult to realize in a different setting.

It's like a "just-so" utopia that, while pleasant, doesn't apply to many other situations.

Maybe I just need to spend more time in "bike-unfriendly" towns to get some perspective