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I haven't read Chicago yet but L.A. seems to share the sentiment of most auto drivers.

9. Take up a whole lane with your bike

 "We’re chill here in LA. But not that chill. This is still a car city and no matter how laid-back, it’s never OK to take up an entire lane with your bike. Do it and we’ll take a selfie of ourselves running you over."

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That's not at all chill.

Wow, not chill at all. "A selfle of running me over?"---bikes are traffic too, sometimes you take the lane.--- and please change "of" to "off" so I know you are p*ssed off not p*ssed "of".

This is the first time I have heard of people from LA being described as chill.

I've never been to L.A. so I wouldn't know but I assume the car culture is much like Detroit's and is built for cars only.

The difference being that Detroit has a city able to hold 2 million people but has only 600K so riding around it it easy and relatively safe, not too many destinations but open lanes.

Not meaning to start a fight with any Californain, it was more humourous with the other cities and the ways to p*ss them off were true but not so hostile.

Examples: Chicago:say thin crust is better

Nebraska: ask if everyone is a farmer?

Detroit: referencing Journey’s mention of “South Detroit” — South Detroit isn’t a real place.

Where is that quote from? 

I've been taking the lane since the snow started because the bike lanes aren't cleared and I don't want to crash, and some SUVs in my neighborhood haven't been loving it.

I've been to L.A. my experience is anecdotal of course, but my observations suggest that the car culture there is vastly superior to Chicago's car culture. Once I walked to the edge of pretty busy street near Marina Del Rey, not at a crosswalk or anything and all the traffic STOPPED to let me cross. California drivers are taught to respect pedestrians apparently.

Mike Zumwalt said:

I've never been to L.A. so I wouldn't know but I assume the car culture is much like Detroit's and is built for cars only.

The difference being that Detroit has a city able to hold 2 million people but has only 600K so riding around it it easy and relatively safe, not too many destinations but open lanes.

Not meaning to start a fight with any Californain, it was more humourous with the other cities and the ways to p*ss them off were true but not so hostile.

Examples: Chicago:say thin crust is better

Nebraska: ask if everyone is a farmer?

Detroit: referencing Journey’s mention of “South Detroit” — South Detroit isn’t a real place.

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