Originally Posted by
noglider
I ride in both the city and the country, and I can't really say where I get more flats. Maybe it's even? New York State reinstituted mandatory deposit containers way back in the 1980s and then mandatory recycling later, so we have less broken glass than before and probably less glass than other places. See? Government regulation can be a good thing.
No deposit containers here in NH, but I also do not see a lot of broken glass until I get into the cities. I suppose its different everywhere, but I'm guessing that there is a lot more beverages being made with plastic containers and aluminum cans than there ever was.