| >There were two reasons why. One was that there is no easy path to our grocery store (unless you’re in a car, of course): Where I live, walking in suburbs is not an issue, neither is biking, no matter where. But a relative had a 4 month summer job stint in the midwest and they put him up in a wealthy suburban home. So, I brought my bicycle to explore the area for a 2 week visit. Riding in that area was damn scary, and I have ridden my bicycle many places, including NYC, Philadelphia, Montreal and Boston. I would never do that again where he lived. There were no shoulders or sidewalks on any of the regular roads. The drives seemed intent on killing me on purpose, during the rides I was being beeped at and sideswiped non stop. Visiting other areas in the midwest since, I would drive around and seems those areas are designed for cars and nothing else. So I would think in Texas, this would be true even to a greater extent. All I can say to the person, is good luck. |
There are some newer suburbs of Detroit that did a better job, but yeah, the Motor City was geared toward cars. (I grew up there.)