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Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 9 months agoThe most likely answer is crime. Steal a bike, use it for a while, then dump it in a creek/river/ canal.
Happened all the time in Vancouver until the police stopped investigating pretty crime. Now the homeless thieves just have open chop shops for the stolen bikes out in public.
scarabic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I considered that… but thought that crime is probably pretty low in Amsterdam. Maybe it’s not.
But why would you need to hide a stolen bike after using it for a while? Why not just walk away from it?
Summzashi@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 9 months ago
It was an estimation. Petty crime used to pretty low in Vancouver too, but you could still find abandoned bikes in the wild.