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From Joy Beeson@jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid to rec.bicycles.misc on Mon Sep 25 00:17:33 2023

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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression
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From John B.@slocombjb@gmail.com to rec.bicycles.misc on Mon Sep 25 11:29:03 2023

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On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:17:33 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

And the average US family...

91.7% of U.S. households had at least one vehicle in 2021
37.1% of households had two vehicles
22.1% of households had three or more vehicles
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From Mortimer Houghton@mortimer@VivoBook.X512D to rec.bicycles.misc on Mon Sep 25 04:36:25 2023

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Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

I would be nice to have a place to live that was friendlier to other modes of transportation than cars.
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From pH@wNOSPAMp@gmail.org to rec.bicycles.misc on Thu Sep 28 02:50:58 2023

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On 2023-09-25, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

Funny. The problem was that she didn't say "Holland"!

xkcd is hysterical, isn't it? Where else can you find Linux references in a cartoon?

pH in Aptos

Roads in Oregon and Washington are TONS better than in Califronia...but it's always been thus. Oh well.

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From Bob F@bobnospam@gmail.com to rec.bicycles.misc on Thu Sep 28 19:45:21 2023

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On 9/27/2023 7:50 PM, pH wrote:

On 2023-09-25, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

Funny. The problem was that she didn't say "Holland"!

xkcd is hysterical, isn't it? Where else can you find Linux references in a cartoon?

pH in Aptos

Roads in Oregon and Washington are TONS better than in Califronia...but it's always been thus. Oh well.

Kind of like New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Driving back from skiing in New Hampshire in the 70's.

Frost Heave 1000 feet

Frost Heave 500 feet

Welcome to Massachusetts

Bang bounce thud......
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