Comment by tokioyoyo
All of this is just cultural cope. Bikes are stolen in Tokyo and Amsterdam as well. Tokyo space is incredibly limited. And etc.
The problem is, biking is just not efficient compared to other transport modes in super majority of the cities in NA. There is no political appetite either. People just love their cars, and can’t be bothered to restructure their lives like my friends in Paris did.
FWIW, I'm writing from perspective of someone who lives and lived most of their life in Kraków, Poland - a city and culture that never been bike-hostile, and is increasingly bike-friendly. Despite owning a bike, I haven't rode much in the city since my university years, precisely because of the hassle of storing it and bringing it up and down 2-4 floors without a lift. I don't drive, I use public transit, walk, or rent e-scooters - and the latter is inferior to your own bike in every way except it's there and you don't have to carry it up and down the stairs.