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I am convinced bicycling is not safe
KingOfTheApes wrote:
Are you watching too many American shows? That may account for an excess in SUVs and gated communities. They are here everywhere, so they must mean something. It means they're a popular fashion accessory, not that you're living in a jungle. I used to date a US resident and visited many times so my outlook on the country isn't entirely confined to TV. "about the EU and gated communities. I have not seen one." So you didn't bother with the fact that I live around the corner from one? find... What I notice.. No trailer parks.. Trailer parks are often sub income and in a state of squalor.. It's rare to find such an invention thourghout the EU.. Instead you get much more in the way of traveller communities (aka gypsies), effectively the same but the trailers remain mobile and move from place to place. AFAICT far more of that in the EU than in the US. Why. For the most part, you go to the biggest towns we have extensively walked about town centers and not felt unsafe. Places such as Barcelona, you might find your pockets picked, but you are safe. So why a need for gated communities." The need is perception over reality. Not entirely unlike the need for bike paths, in that respect. Town centres is one think, sink areas in suburbs quite another. I can take you places in most towns in the UK where you won't feel safe. I wouldn't do that, simply because I wouldn't feel safe either. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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