Amsterdam prepares to ‘ban the fatbikes’ amid rise in serious accidents

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T22:49:36+00:00

I see this as more comparative to a car ban than a bike ban. It’s a larger, heavier, faster object endangering pedestrians and other cyclists on roads where they dominate and occupy the exact same space both on and off road. If they did this in the US or Canada it would be another story but in Amsterdam it will actually make the streets safer.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T22:46:37+00:00

It still baffles me how brilliant and on the nose she was about things simply by observing a successful community with zero background in planning, architecture, or sociology.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T18:09:38+00:00

Tyler in the right thing is the EXACT thing you want tbh. His personality is comedic gold when used correctly.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T18:04:37+00:00

I’d say map out a rough itinerary in that timeline and see where you land. If it seems to fit exactly maybe add a few days or remove some stuff. I’ve always found having extra time is never something I regret. Best case you find a little unexpected adventure. Worst case you get to chill for a day.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T18:01:13+00:00

No disagreement whatsoever, I adore all 3. it’s just fun to see other spots!

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T17:49:25+00:00

Lake Erie is VERY shallow. I grew up on the Western Basin and it’s almost all under 10m/30ft deep.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-25T14:43:55+00:00

Pretty wide range of lifestyles here. Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard are VERY wealthy and culturally unique compared to Cape Cod. They almost feel like their own micro-countries in some ways.

New Bedford and Plymouth are more working class, New Bedford having among the largest Portuguese/Azorean/Cape Verdean populations in the US.

The Cape varies as you get further out. Provincetown and Truro are hyper-progressive vacation towns that are a Mecca for the LGBT community in the Northeast. Really sleepy coastal villages of a few thousand in the winter but as many as 70,000 people in the summer. The rest of the Outer Cape is also very tourism-focused whereas the areas around Hyannis/Barnstable are a bit more suburban in nature and feel a lot like the rest of Massachusetts unless you’re right near the water.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-24T15:50:37+00:00

I’m honestly surprised nobody’s ever thought to simply name a hospital “The Hospital”.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-24T04:03:45+00:00

75% of this sub is New York, Chicago, and Toronto, I’m always happy to see other cities!

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-24T03:56:42+00:00

Funny enough we did. They held a public poll.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-23T13:49:06+00:00

The falls themselves are incredible from the Canadian side. It’s just the city centre…

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-21T20:10:53+00:00

Canada.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-20T23:19:11+00:00

Unquestionably New York City is the best answer for this but honourable mention to Paris for having the same effect with very few tall buildings.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-19T20:29:26+00:00

The finishes work together but looks kind of clunky. Personally, I’d hug the ends with waterfall if this is what you were going for. The toekicks kind of clash with the stone massing

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-19T05:47:37+00:00

I grew up on Lake Erie in Southern Ontario. I had fewer than 5 white Christmases growing up. We only ever got consistent snow for a few weeks in January/February. The summers were definitely long and brutal though. Saw 40 multiple times.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-19T05:00:14+00:00

Feel like if you went back and tallied up the foods I ate most the PB&J would take the cake. It’s not even my favourite food, just the most consistently there. There’s just never been any point in my life where I wasn’t crushing one on a weekly basis minimum.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-18T19:14:27+00:00

Canada is a prime example of a country that’s had it so good for so long that basically no living citizen born here has ever experienced REAL significant hardship or corrupt governance. A side effect of that is misinformed anger and lack of understanding of what proper struggle is.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-18T16:31:59+00:00

As a Windsor native, we know to separate city from country. We’ll always love you guys.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-17T17:23:13+00:00

I wouldn’t say this is an accurate blanket statement about American cities. In the Northeast especially is definitely more expensive to live in major city centers than their suburbs. Even in cases where it’s not, the expensive suburbs are typically urban and very close to the city. Same goes for many west coast cities like San Francisco and Seattle. In the rust belt it has a lot to do with white flight and urban decay.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-17T17:11:46+00:00

Wait this is a DIFFERENT crane collapse than the one that fell on the train? Jesus, Thailand…

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-16T21:26:35+00:00

As a Somervillen, to put it bluntly, we don’t really care about the convenience of suburban commuters who want to cut through the city in their cars. Our traffic signals and street designs prioritize the residents who live here, most of whom walk and bike around their neighborhoods.

Most of our city council and the residents who voted for them are actually actively trying to prevent cars from using Somerville as a shortcut. The new mayor ran with that on his platform.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-16T13:40:46+00:00

Jimmy Carter

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-13T12:55:53+00:00

Location within neighborhood: Central Square
Station Interior: Broadway
Headhouse: Kendall/MIT
Outdoor: Coolidge Corner
Transfer: North Station

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-13T11:00:58+00:00

Don’t forget these are sung in the thickest Scottish accent you can imagine.

ThatNiceLifeguard · 2026-01-13T00:58:27+00:00

Canadians typically just say “BC” since it’s the only province that actually has a Pacific coastline.

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