An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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FIXIE HIPSTER INDICATOR
According to Priceonomics (no relation), the Fixie (a fixed-gear bike) is a strong indicator of hipsterness. So they mined their data base to find hipster central. Hint: it’s not Brooklyn, or Portland.
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Orange County – ground-zero of American populist conservatism? Really? Maybe time to change the meaning of ‘hipster’ – or Orange County.
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MAJOR CUTE FACTOR
Kid reporter Tia, 9, reports on the Good Green News in the city of Vancouver. In this episode she investigates bike lanes.
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NOT SO CUTE FACTOR
A bus driver swerves to hit cyclist. Video here.
“Without my helmet, it could have been a lot worse. I could have been killed,” he told the Daily Mail. “It goes to show how one bit of rage can affect so many people’s lives.”
Despite everything, Mead also expressed sympathy toward Hill.
“I do not feel any anger towards him now,” he told the Daily Mail. “In fact, I feel really sorry for his family.”
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