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speeding_snail  ·  4491 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Montana to Michigan -How to travel 36 hours on a train and enjoy it.

Distance is indeed a problem. Bikes are nice when the distances are 10 to 15km, assuming an average speed of 15km/h. Biking many miles is most certainly no fun just to get some groceries. Add to that that you'll probably need to make multiple trips because a bike doesn't have a trunk, so no large carrying capacity and I can get why many people take the car.

I need to imprint in my mind that "rural" doesn't mean "polder", like it does here.

Thanks for the explanation. I don't have any questions remaining (I think).