AI6YR BenMay 17, 2024
Remarkable how out-of-the-mainstream utilitarian cycling seems to be in my neighborhood. Strong car-centric culture in Southern California, for sure. (yes, I was, until recently, part of that). 🤔
Show threadAI6YR BenMay 17, 2024

Places which *could* have a lot more people bicycling or walking:

1. Local grocery stores. People drive to the grocery store even if it would be the same amount of time to walk or drive, because it's just what people do. (and there's a giant parking lot there).

2. Schools. Lots of parents queue up in line to pick up their kids from school, even though it would be FASTER to bicycle there with the kids and back home--this is because of the "walking/bicycling to school is scary/not safe" culture which has arose in the last 30 years.

#BikeTooter

Show threadAI6YR BenMay 17, 2024
In all fairness, even my own family thinks I am being weird by cycling places. ("just use your car!") -- it's so ingrained into the culture here... we are very social animals, and we do what everyone else does around us.
Show threadMark M. EvansMay 17, 2024
@ai6yr Reminds me of L.A. story. https://youtu.be/ylVWBvgL7tQ?si=xk1MMvzIJtYfyuJC
30 seconds L.A. Story

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Show threadAI6YR Ben
@markmevans Interesting, that neighborhood is changing quite a bit... Not visible in frame but a lot of the homes on that block are now apartments off behind and to the left. #geolocation #movie #lastory
May 17, 2024 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadCassandraVertMay 18, 2024
@ai6yr @markmevans
My grandparents' 1930s house in Arcadia (and the whole block) was torn down for apartments. I guess good school neighborhoods get mcmansions and bad school neighborhoods like that (El Monte) get turned into apartments. But no one gets a 1200sf 1930s house on 1/3 acre.