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Apart from the obvious (easy way to get more exercise and time outside, cheap, good for the environment), something I really value is the different view of your city that it gives you.
You aren’t bound to avoiding traffic, and it’s usually safer to go avoid main roads, so you end up on some lovely backstreets that you never would have otherwise seen. You also get routed through parks and along the water. Because it’s so easy to pull over and park anywhere, you stop to enjoy things more often too.
I find I interact with and feel way more connected to my city as a cyclist. I‘ve found so many cool spots from having biked by them.
This is a photo from my bike commute before I moved🥲
Mar 14, 2025
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First time having one in a few years and I feel FREE. Finding excuses to go to places/see people just cuz I want to ride by bike. No better way to see your city than on a bike!
5d ago
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because of the specific type of wind that passes me by when biking, and the views I get to see in perfect speed (plus the ability to stop whenever), all from the impeccably-maintained public biking system Taipei implements. I feel so lucky to live here.
Feb 14, 2025
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it’s the best way to get around!!!
May 24, 2024
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I keep lists of -
every city I’ve visited,
book I’ve read,
favourite memories of each year,
art that has touched me,
etc etc
save everything
Mar 13, 2025
if you live in melbourne (aus), find a nice spot in yarra bend park, watch the sunset, and stay a little longer to watch the bats making their nightly trek to get food. there are thousands & thousands of them right overhead. so insanely beautiful. bonus points right now cause the babies have just gotten old enough to join along and they are just the sweetest things.
Feb 10, 2024
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smell is such a powerful way to connect to memories. I like to have a perfume that I use in each place I live/go on a longer holiday to; after leaving the place, I keep the perfume and smell it whenever I’m feeling nostalgic.
one perfume to one place to create a really strong connection.
for example, I got a cheap little cypressy perfume for a three week trip to greece and now I can just feel myself back there whenever I want. same thing for when I lived in denmark for a year, and different houses I’ve lived in in melbourne. really just so lovely
Mar 11, 2024