[the_snooze]

Electric micromobility (e.g., e-bikes and scooters) probably makes more sense for more people right now. Keep an ICE vehicle for long-distance travel. But use your relatively cheap e-bike---that you can charge on a standard AC plug, even in an apartment---for short-distance chores and grocery runs.

Of course, people who live in car-only suburbs need not apply.

[facialwipe]

Raining 300 days a year can really put a damper on things, too.

[browningstreet]

Have you been to the Netherlands?

[facialwipe]

No

[browningstreet]

Rains a lot. Pretty cold. Snows. Lots of bikes. But really nice biking infrastructure — of the kind that’s hard to imagine in places like North America.

[maxerickson]

The population density is a bit of a factor. Like I live in a region in the US that is about the same size as Netherlands by area and has about 1/50th the population. And then if you go out west the difference gets starker than that.

Of course higher density parts of the US also don't really match up with the infrastructure that exists in Netherlands, but it's not unreasonable to expect the infrastructure in a given area to scale with the number of people in that area.

[henvic]

Doesn't snow as much, but the rain/wind can be pretty bad, and people still bike everywhere.

[pdn1]

I used to work on my bicycle all winter in Canada when I was a kid... Delivering newspaper, daily...

When you a dressed right it ain't bad

[longitudinal93]

It's all about the gear

[facialwipe]

And a sense of humor?

[brnt]

There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad preparation.