• Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    I genuinely wish I could ride a bike where I live :( I’m not in good enough shape to ride for 10 miles, but even if I were, there are no safe ways to ride a bike around here. There’s no shoulders, blind hills and curves, no sidewalks, not shit. The road I live off of is the main way other than the interstate that connects two towns, and at least once or twice a month some homeless person walking or riding their bike on that road gets hit by a car. A guy died a few months ago. If I lived somewhere where I could ride a bike, I absolutely would. Healthier for me personally, better for the environment. I used to love riding my bike when I lived in a bikable city, but shitty semi rural Appalachia gives no shits about pedestrian or cyclist safety

    • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Same. Even just taking walks around my area can be scary (though I also don’t know how to ride lol). I could go to the store, but only that one store. My actual grocery store + most things are in a strip mall with no sidewalks to be seen, not even a curb to slow down cars thay come too close.