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Think real quick of an Asian city. If you've been to one or seen many pictures, an image of tall buildings, crowded streets and a million scooters may come to mind. A year or so before my assignment in Beijing, I bought a little scooter. 100 miles to the gallon, baby! Although, I really didn't care about fuel economy... I'll be honest, I was mostly concerned about the sex appeal.
Whoops.. back on topic. You'll be scant to find a scooter in Beijing. Its very.. un-Asian, almost.
I've spent a great deal of time in the scooter-intense cities, where there are innumerable amounts of scooters. I've seen a family of 5 riding 1 scooter. Suddenly America's onerous laws seem appealing.
But I was told Beijing outlawed them. I still see the occasional scooter or motorbike, but back home I saw more scooters on the road.
When I first heard this, I was a bit annoyed, because most scooter riding citizens probably can't afford a car, and outlawing scooters forced them to either ride...
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