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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (4 children) laughs in bicycle !micromobility@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] noahm@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) God how I miss living in an urban area. Until two years ago, I'd bike with my kids to their school every day. Where we are now, it's 10 miles of deathtrap pavement away. ☹️ I wouldn't feel comfortable riding most of it on my own, let alone with my kids. Fuck cars. Quality of life is so much higher when you don't have to depend on them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago That's rough. My place isn't super bikable but it's good enough and I made getting a place and a job close together a priority because I didn't want to spend huge chunks of my life trapped in traffic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I wish work was close enough for this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* E-bikes can really make long distances doable without having to take a shower by the time you get there, but not every place has infrastructure that will support that commute in a survivable way. If you can pull off living close to work, that's huge too, but it's not always an option unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noahm@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 child) God how I miss living in an urban area. Until two years ago, I'd bike with my kids to their school every day. Where we are now, it's 10 miles of deathtrap pavement away. ☹️ I wouldn't feel comfortable riding most of it on my own, let alone with my kids. Fuck cars. Quality of life is so much higher when you don't have to depend on them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago That's rough. My place isn't super bikable but it's good enough and I made getting a place and a job close together a priority because I didn't want to spend huge chunks of my life trapped in traffic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago That's rough. My place isn't super bikable but it's good enough and I made getting a place and a job close together a priority because I didn't want to spend huge chunks of my life trapped in traffic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) I wish work was close enough for this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* E-bikes can really make long distances doable without having to take a shower by the time you get there, but not every place has infrastructure that will support that commute in a survivable way. If you can pull off living close to work, that's huge too, but it's not always an option unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* E-bikes can really make long distances doable without having to take a shower by the time you get there, but not every place has infrastructure that will support that commute in a survivable way. If you can pull off living close to work, that's huge too, but it's not always an option unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent