It&#x27;s odd but true.<p>For instance, biking to school or work in the US means you are kinda poor or a cheapskate (not for everyone, and not in densely populated cities such as DC&#x2F;Arlington, SF, NYC and Perhaps Boston)<p>On the other hand, in Europe I&#x27;ve seen deans biking to school and the feeling is exactly the opposite (&quot;wow that&#x27;s so cool!&quot;)<p>Sorry for generalizing, but that was what I saw, having lived on both sides