Why does the United States of America not have a moped culture?

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I’m visiting Italy and floored by the number of mopeds. Found the same thing in Vietnam. Having spent time in New York, Chicago, St Louis, Seattle, Miami and lots in Orlando, I’ve never seen anything like this in the USA. Is there a cultural reason or economic reason the USA prefers motorcycles over mopeds?

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I’ve known a few people who had them over the years. It was definitely a club type thing for them.

That said… it is because people drive huge vehicles and there are a lot of not so good drivers on the road. In my city, when the light turns green you have to count to three slowly before going or you are likely to get nailed by people running the red lights. It is more common than not that this will happen. Bad enough in my car if it happens… real bad on moped.

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