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RB, it seems to me that you're imposing personal preferrences upon your idealized cityscape. "more public transit=more better. more bikes=more better" is in no way a statement of fact. The infrastructure along with the necessities of suburbanization (stores etc.) spring directly from the rejection of cities by the monied classes ever since there were cities that was accelerated by the American middle class in post-WW II. I think that I can very successfully argue that the quality of life is higher in the suburbs than in the city, despite the abundance of chain restaurants and stores.
But you raise a very interesting question in "why". Personally, I'm just as intolerant of drivers and runners not obeying rules as I am bikers. I'll also admit to getting very annoyed at bikers who inconvience me even when they're doing nothing wrong. That said, I'd never honk or try to scare a runner, pedestrian or biker who is in the right (in the wrong would be another storry) But I do realize that my attitude falls outside the norm, most like since I've been on the receiving end of folks that aren't paying attention or doing things that are stupid intentionally. I'm interested to hear why others cop the attitudes they do.
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