I guess they want to include the USA, but nowhere I have been in the USA can compare to anywhere in Germany, Denmark, and Netherlands. Those are cycling countries, as opposed to just cities. It does make a difference.
And yet there are whole groups of cyclists here that just fail to realize that... and insist that we act like "cars."**
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** Paraphrased for sarcastic effect... some of you may even "get it."