• noahm@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      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.

      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours 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.

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        5 hours 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.