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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tapio's factual comments comparing
car-free areas in different places may have been right on. However,
comments he made such as the following are feelings that perhaps were best kept
to himself:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"I have got the influence that Manhattanties would perhaps be
more<BR>tolerant, anti-rasist, "free-minded", perhaps not so
fundamentally<BR>religious, than people on most other places (e.g in
Hershey).<BR><BR>(Of course all North-America are friendly. "May I buy you a
drink,<BR>what do you like about America". The interest / knoledge
about<BR>Europe/rest of world is generally not very strong.)"<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I, personally, would not go to someone else's
country, or even an unfamiliar part of my own country, and make public comments
such as those. Nor do I think would most people. I am sure that if any one of us
went to various parts of Europe, we would have, along with the mostly positive
impressions we had, perhaps also some negative ones that we might not
necessarily want to point out on a website frequented mostly by people of
that particular country. IMO, Mr. Rothberg was correct in his reaction and
in what he said.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jgtetz@msn.com href="mailto:jgtetz@msn.com">JOHN TETZ</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bent@list.marsride.org
href="mailto:bent@list.marsride.org">NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society
(MARS)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bent] Car Free
centers</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Tapio;</DIV>
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<DIV>I feel your comets were right on particularly about the lack of car free
areas in US cities. </DIV>
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<DIV>Back in 1996 I went to the week long Car Free Cities Conference held in
Copenhagen. I gave a talk on my Up Hill assist for the
simultaneously held Bike Culture week. </DIV>
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<DIV>There were as I remember 35 or so cities from many European countries
were present. No US cities were there. High on the list of helping
solve the car free areas was the bicycle. </DIV>
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<DIV>That was back in 1996. Since then more and more European cities
have adopted car free city centers. So naturally you would be very
sensitive to the lack of this here in the US. </DIV>
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<DIV>John Tetz </DIV>
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