In another thread that I started, I was asking for advice to find a midsize city in the US that would closely meet my needs. I found that the Southeast would come close. I have been focusing my attention mostly on SC (Columbia,Charleston) and most recently GA (Savannah, Augusta) both also being senior tax friendly. Even though, I have a car and motorcycle here, I prefer to use my bicycle for day to day shopping, visiting friends etc., as well as recreational exercise. I've ridden most of my life in NYC traffic as well as a number of large Asian cities with no problems. I just saw a report on a bicycle forum that southern states tend to be the most dangerous for cyclist and pedestrians, SC being one of the worse. The report concludes that my paraphrasing, the South due to car culture, lack of safe infrastructure, plain ignorance (mostly lack of public education) and self indulgence (me first) can easily get a cyclist killed.
Are there avid cyclist living in SC and GA that can shed some light?
Are there avid cyclist living in SC and GA that can shed some light?
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