100 sats \ 3 replies \ @xz 20 Feb 2023 \ parent \ on: Carless cities? What about these are bitcoiners so against? C'mon guys. bitcoin
Yeah, I do to. Sure there's a trade off but I think it's unique to each location and driver/rider/pedestrian sensibilities are a very local thing.
I had a friend who was hit by a food delivery driver on an e-bike while walking along an alley way. She was born in the country it happened in. So, I do get your point.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 20 Feb 2023
Mentioning PRC, I remember cities littered with heaps of public share bikes too. That was the country my friend got whacked from the scooter coming from behind.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @KingZing 20 Feb 2023
China had so much shared bikes it was pretty crazy, I actually walked past one of these dump. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 20 Feb 2023
Jeez. They should recycle all that scrap into mining rigs
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