To "green" or Not to "green"...

One of my favorite parts of living where I do now, is my main mode of transportation: my bike.  The convenience, the extra bit of cardio I get everyday, the advantages during rush hour, and the self-righteous pleasure of knowing that I'm helping to save the planet one drop of liquid-global-warming at a time, are definite pluses to me.  Thankfully, the city where I live is relatively flat, which helps when I ride my gear-less bike to and fro from my daily activities.  And the motivation for riding your bike to help out the environment is easily maintained by the ability to see the haze of air pollution affect your vision as close as 500 feet... every day.

I am curious to see what it will be like when I return home, with the convenience of my sleek luxury vehicle only a garage-door opener's push away, and the commuter culture of my hometown to influence the everyday decision of how to get to school/work/store:  foot, bike, public transportation, or car?  I wonder how much the pressures of daily chores, familial expectations, inconvenience, and pure laziness will ultimately determine the fate of the new bike I plan to purchase upon my return to Los Angeles.  Also, my usual adversion to the views of myself as a hipster cliche cringes with the proclivical prediction that others would assume that I was getting caught up in the "green" trend that seems to be sweeping across our ever-enlightened nation.

I don't want to let go of this bike-as-primary-mode-of-transportation lifestyle when I get back home, but I'm afraid of what life may throw in front of me to jam up my spokes and fizzle the air out of my tires... I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

(By the way, I have these daydreams of myself riding my bike early Saturday morning to the Virginia Ave. Farmers' Market, buying up some fresh organic veggies, and cruising back home with a full bike baskets' worth of oh-so-typical "green" goodies.  I am so doomed.)