Re:A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals
by wave on Sunday July 13, 2008 @12:21PM
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Portland, Oregon had a similar service in 90s. Painted yellow bicycles have been scattered along Downtown sidewalks free and available to anyone who needs one. Unfortunately, it was unsustainable due to theft and vandalism of the bicycles.
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Re:A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals
by jrockway on Monday July 14, 2008 @12:59AM
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What is it about American cities that make things like this fail? Why do free bikes get stolen in the US, but not in France?
(I'm an American, and I wonder why we have so much petty crime here but not in, say, Tokyo.)
Re:A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals
by muhfuhkuh on Monday July 14, 2008 @02:20AM
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A culture that prizes freedom over community breeds alot of action for the sake of it. You know, the whole "because fuck it, that's why" mentality.
Additionally, Tokyo, as a populace, is much more collective and like-minded. A hive-mind, to be more blunt and offensive. Individual actions are taken in context of the whole rather than analyzed by itself. Thus, there is just about only bowing as a greeting there; whereas in the US, there's your choice of fist-bumps, high-fives, daps, pounds, pound-hugs, skins, or variations thereof. It's even distinctive by region or even state and city, or RACE.
So, because fuck it, that's why.