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Same, I live in a smaller city that has wide sidewalks. You slow down when approaching pedestrians and blind corners, stop at crosswalks, etc. It's alot lower risk in general.
The idea that we lump bikes in with cars, as if every biker is some competitive racer who has to go 40 on their bike, is ridiculous, and opens bikers up to being killed by cars. On the sidewalk, the chance of a crash is lower, an DM the results of crashes minor in comparison. Its a no-brainer for me.
If my city had fully founded bike lanes that didn't merge into the main road, though, I'd switch to those in a heartbeat.
Yeah it's honestly hilarious to me after a certain amount of comments. Like either I've found all the professional bike riders in one place or a lot of people who are very full of both themselves and a little shit. Why they're all acting like they ride their bikes at car speeds is beyond me. Maybe they all have cognitive issues that impair their reaction times?