My bad. you are totally right on the populations. I'm not sure what I was thinking.

The traffic is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. A major positive point is the near absence of low-level road rage. In two years, I never had a driver honk or yell at me in anger. I would take lanes and run lights and split traffic, but no one ever seemed to get upset about it. In fact, nearly every day I would get a thumps up or see several people smile and wave at me. I found it just about as safe as riding in NYC but with a lot less anger.

It isn't like I didn't have some bad experiences riding there. I got hit by a dump truck in my first year that fractured my spine. Got no compensation because the driver didn't have insurance. But as soon as I could I was back on a bike, riding to work and for fun.