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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by devaler on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @05:58AM (#35437293)
> Of course, in the developed world, bikes are more luxury things

I’m not sure where this notion comes from? I wasn’t rich as a child, but I had a bicycle, and I grew up in rural Appalachia.

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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:17PM (#35442015)
For adult transportation in the USA at least, riding a bike to work is seen as a luxury rather than an economy.
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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by bluGill on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @02:56PM (#35444357)
For adult transportation in the US a bike is seen as you had a DWI and lost your license. There are a few fanatics who also ride to work that are changing the reputation, but if you are not a fanatic you had a DWI. Normal people don't bike to work.
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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:10PM (#35444503)
Maybe in the deep south? Otherwise, here in the north and west, no, it is seen as a status symbol (or perhaps a grifter who is out stealing bikes).
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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by bluGill on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:53PM (#35445061)
Are you sure? The majority of blue collar jobs still see it that way where I live.

As an engineer we tend more to status symbol, but we are a minority.

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Re:The Electric Vehicles We Need Now Are E-Bikes by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:12PM (#35445269)
I'm pretty sure. Biking culture is a big thing in west coast cities for sure, northern affluent cities also. There is also the perception of a lot of snobbery around it.
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