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Worst Towns for Cycling?
June 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
What are the worst towns in the Boston area for cyclists? In my opinion, drivers treat me the best in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston proper is a bit of a toss-up – you’ve got some raging maniacs on one hand, and some over zealous cycling advocates who will give you all the room in the world on the other hand.
Brookline is a whole different story because you’ve got a ton of oblivious elderly people that no nothing about cyling: they’ll swing open car doors and glare at you with a poisonous anger you don’t expect from an octogenarian.
You’ve also got more conspicuous consumption wealthy people in Brookline. In my very limited anecdotal experience, it seems like people in BMWs and Audis are more likely to zoom by you with less than an inch of room. The same thing happens to me in the Concord/Carlisle area when I’m out in the suburbs.
